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Import/Export Price Indexes
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Mountain-Plains: Price Movements of Top Exports and Other Highlights

April 2026

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The Mountain-Plains region, which consists of Utah, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming, exported a total trade dollar value of $70.9 billion in 2025, an increase of 5.6 percent from 2024. The price index for export primary metal manufacturing, the largest industry in the region by trade dollar value, declined in March. In contrast, export prices for transportation equipment manufacturing and chemical manufacturing advanced over the same period.

Top Six Mountain-Plains Exports by Trade Dollar Value, 2025

  • The Mountain-Plains states accounted for 3.3 percent of total U.S. exports by trade dollar value in 2025.
  • The largest Mountain-Plains export industry in 2025, primary metal manufacturing, represented 8.3 percent of total U.S. exports in the category.
  • The top 6 export industries from the Mountain Plains accounted for 74.9 percent of the region's total export trade dollar value in 2025.
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U.S. Export Price Indexes: Primary Metal Manufacturing

  • Prices for export primary metal manufacturing fell 1.7 percent in March.
  • The export price index for primary metal manufacturing increased 39.1 percent from March 2025 to March 2026.
  • The over-the-year advance in export primary metal manufacturing prices was driven by a 50.3-percent rise in prices for nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production and processing exports.
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Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. 

U.S. Export Price Indexes: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

  • The price index for export transportation equipment manufacturing increased 0.2 percent in March.
  • Transportation equipment manufacturing export prices rose 2.6 percent for the 12 months ended March 2026.
  • A 3.7-percent rise in prices for motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing contributed to the 12-month advance in prices for export transportation equipment manufacturing.
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Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. 

U.S. Export Price Indexes: Chemical Manufacturing

  • Export chemical manufacturing prices advanced 0.9 percent in March.
  • A 3.0-percent rise in prices for resin, synthetic rubber, and artificial synthetic fibers manufacturing contributed to the advance in prices for export chemical manufacturing in March.
  • The price index for chemical manufacturing exports increased 0.2 percent over the past year.
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Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. 

Mountain-Plains States by Export Trade Dollar Value, 2025

  • The top 3 Mountain-Plains exporting states—Utah, Missouri, and Kansas—accounted for 2.6 percent of total U.S. exports by trade dollar value in 2025.
  • Utah accounted for 31.6 percent of total Mountain-Plains exports in 2025, Missouri 26.4 percent, and Kansas 20.7 percent.
  • Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming combined for 21.4 percent of Mountain-Plains exports by trade dollar value in 2025.
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Mountain-Plains Information Office • BLSInfoKansasCity@bls.gov • https://www.bls.gov/regions/mountain-plains/ • 816-285-7000 

 

Last Modified Date: April 30, 2026