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Fuel import prices increased 6.9 percent over the year ending April 2019
May 21, 2019
Fuel import prices rose 6.9 percent for the year ending April 2019. Petroleum import prices increased 7.0 percent, and prices for natural gas declined 10.5 percent. The decrease in natural gas import prices was the largest over-the-year decline since a 27.3-percent drop from June 2017 to June 2018. From April 2018 to April 2019, petroleum export prices increased 2.9 percent and natural gas export prices increased 6.6 percent.
12-month percent change in fuel import and export prices, not seasonally adjusted
Year
Petroleum and products imports, excluding natural gas
Petroleum and products exports, excluding natural gas
Natural gas imports
Natural gas exports
Apr 2009
-50.6%
-43.8%
-56.7%
N/A
May 2009
-50.0
-45.5
-62.2
N/A
Jun 2009
-46.4
-43.8
-64.0
N/A
Jul 2009
-49.3
-51.3
-68.6
N/A
Aug 2009
-39.5
-37.5
-60.4
N/A
Sep 2009
-32.1
-38.7
-58.3
N/A
Oct 2009
-10.6
-30.5
-49.1
N/A
Nov 2009
35.0
-1.1
-32.6
N/A
Dec 2009
78.6
19.3
-23.0
N/A
Jan 2010
94.4
27.1
-2.2
N/A
Feb 2010
83.0
28.7
13.9
N/A
Mar 2010
68.7
45.1
15.0
N/A
Apr 2010
58.8
39.9
16.4
N/A
May 2010
35.3
33.1
17.0
N/A
Jun 2010
10.7
11.4
12.1
N/A
Jul 2010
14.3
18.4
28.8
N/A
Aug 2010
7.8
13.1
22.6
N/A
Sep 2010
7.0
16.3
34.6
N/A
Oct 2010
9.3
22.2
10.6
N/A
Nov 2010
9.0
16.9
-11.5
N/A
Dec 2010
16.2
20.8
-14.5
N/A
Jan 2011
16.1
17.4
-19.8
N/A
Feb 2011
23.5
32.6
-13.3
N/A
Mar 2011
33.8
39.3
-11.8
N/A
Apr 2011
39.5
37.5
1.5
N/A
May 2011
46.1
39.6
8.6
N/A
Jun 2011
48.8
46.3
8.2
N/A
Jul 2011
48.1
49.4
-0.5
N/A
Aug 2011
42.6
38.3
7.7
N/A
Sep 2011
43.3
41.3
9.5
N/A
Oct 2011
36.5
27.3
2.6
N/A
Nov 2011
34.5
27.6
4.3
N/A
Dec 2011
27.1
18.5
-9.1
N/A
Jan 2012
22.5
17.3
-23.1
N/A
Feb 2012
16.5
11.9
-36.9
N/A
Mar 2012
10.1
5.4
-36.9
N/A
Apr 2012
1.3
4.2
-45.3
N/A
May 2012
-3.8
-1.0
-49.0
N/A
Jun 2012
-10.2
-9.4
-44.7
N/A
Jul 2012
-12.6
-9.4
-35.7
N/A
Aug 2012
-5.0
-3.9
-34.2
N/A
Sep 2012
-0.3
1.1
-31.6
N/A
Oct 2012
-0.1
7.4
-18.6
N/A
Nov 2012
-6.2
-4.0
-3.1
N/A
Dec 2012
-8.7
-2.2
17.6
N/A
Jan 2013
-6.7
-2.9
18.2
N/A
Feb 2013
-3.3
0.0
29.8
N/A
Mar 2013
-7.9
-4.9
48.8
N/A
Apr 2013
-10.0
-10.9
100.3
N/A
May 2013
-6.3
-8.8
111.0
N/A
Jun 2013
2.2
1.2
90.1
N/A
Jul 2013
7.3
2.9
32.2
N/A
Aug 2013
4.0
0.8
15.9
N/A
Sep 2013
1.1
-2.8
10.1
N/A
Oct 2013
-2.5
-8.2
14.2
N/A
Nov 2013
-4.2
0.2
-0.1
N/A
Dec 2013
-1.5
6.0
12.4
N/A
Jan 2014
-3.6
3.8
45.1
N/A
Feb 2014
-2.3
1.8
81.0
N/A
Mar 2014
-1.8
3.7
99.9
N/A
Apr 2014
0.1
0.8
26.1
N/A
May 2014
3.8
4.5
9.1
N/A
Jun 2014
6.3
2.8
10.6
N/A
Jul 2014
2.1
2.2
41.9
N/A
Aug 2014
-4.3
-3.3
34.7
N/A
Sep 2014
-8.9
-5.5
39.1
N/A
Oct 2014
-12.3
-5.5
23.2
N/A
Nov 2014
-17.0
-14.4
11.9
N/A
Dec 2014
-30.5
-27.3
-5.2
N/A
Jan 2015
-45.3
-40.2
-28.9
N/A
Feb 2015
-48.7
-38.1
-49.1
N/A
Mar 2015
-47.8
-36.3
-58.8
N/A
Apr 2015
-46.0
-36.0
-50.2
N/A
May 2015
-40.7
-30.2
-43.7
N/A
Jun 2015
-40.8
-29.2
-41.8
N/A
Jul 2015
-43.7
-32.3
-43.0
N/A
Aug 2015
-49.5
-37.4
-34.7
N/A
Sep 2015
-52.5
-40.5
-28.7
N/A
Oct 2015
-48.9
-37.5
-30.5
N/A
Nov 2015
-45.7
-34.4
-32.4
N/A
Dec 2015
-41.9
-34.1
-43.7
-44.2%
Jan 2016
-38.9
-27.1
-38.1
-22.7
Feb 2016
-42.5
-36.3
-33.8
-23.3
Mar 2016
-37.7
-38.0
-40.7
-49.4
Apr 2016
-32.6
-31.7
-29.7
-27.3
May 2016
-31.3
-29.7
-29.9
-28.3
Jun 2016
-24.6
-21.9
-34.8
-13.2
Jul 2016
-22.1
-20.9
-15.1
2.2
Aug 2016
-13.6
-17.6
-6.7
3.4
Sep 2016
-3.8
-6.6
-2.4
7.2
Oct 2016
3.6
-1.4
-3.4
23.5
Nov 2016
6.2
0.3
12.4
19.2
Dec 2016
25.6
18.6
28.9
67.4
Jan 2017
60.3
33.6
43.9
45.6
Feb 2017
74.1
41.2
38.3
45.5
Mar 2017
53.1
36.7
49.3
66.4
Apr 2017
37.2
36.7
54.7
64.0
May 2017
19.6
16.1
49.7
60.2
Jun 2017
3.2
5.1
56.7
29.1
Jul 2017
5.8
8.6
18.7
4.4
Aug 2017
15.4
22.8
1.2
-2.2
Sep 2017
21.8
22.6
-18.0
2.1
Oct 2017
13.9
12.8
-16.1
-1.7
Nov 2017
26.8
21.6
-4.9
19.1
Dec 2017
23.1
14.7
7.5
-18.2
Jan 2018
19.6
15.9
9.2
19.3
Feb 2018
17.3
18.0
2.7
-6.8
Mar 2018
17.5
18.2
6.5
3.8
Apr 2018
23.5
17.1
-3.2
-14.1
May 2018
33.7
28.8
-23.8
-13.8
Jun 2018
42.9
31.6
-27.3
-3.7
Jul 2018
44.6
30.4
-8.8
-2.9
Aug 2018
35.4
23.2
-7.9
5.0
Sep 2018
27.2
17.1
0.3
-1.0
Oct 2018
30.4
26.4
21.1
8.4
Nov 2018
1.2
6.9
56.5
14.6
Dec 2018
-16.6
-4.7
54.4
49.6
Jan 2019
-12.5
-10.5
-10.0
-21.9
Feb 2019
-2.6
-5.0
20.4
3.8
Mar 2019
5.2
2.0
89.5
22.3
Apr 2019
7.0
2.9
-10.5
6.6
Overall U.S. export prices rose 0.3 percent from April 2018 to April 2019, while overall import prices declined 0.2 percent. The decrease in import prices was driven by lower nonfuel prices.
United States Department of Labor
