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Import prices for nonmonetary gold rose 29.8 percent from September 2023 to September 2024. This increase was the largest 12-month advance since a 35.6-percent rise over the year ended August 2020. Prices for nonmonetary gold imports have not decreased on a year-over-year basis since declining 4.9 percent in March 2023.
Month | Nonmonetary gold | Other precious metals |
---|---|---|
Sep 2019 |
27.7 | 39.5 |
Oct 2019 |
24.4 | 35.3 |
Nov 2019 |
21.3 | 38.3 |
Dec 2019 |
18.6 | 37.7 |
Jan 2020 |
19.2 | 41.1 |
Feb 2020 |
19.1 | 67.4 |
Mar 2020 |
27.1 | 65.7 |
Apr 2020 |
24.5 | 34.9 |
May 2020 |
32.9 | 27.1 |
Jun 2020 |
28.6 | 43.8 |
Jul 2020 |
26.6 | 34.4 |
Aug 2020 |
35.6 | 57.6 |
Sep 2020 |
27.1 | 57.5 |
Oct 2020 |
27.4 | 51.6 |
Nov 2020 |
28.7 | 47.5 |
Dec 2020 |
23.4 | 54.9 |
Jan 2021 |
25.3 | 57.6 |
Feb 2021 |
16.5 | 35.7 |
Mar 2021 |
4.7 | 52.6 |
Apr 2021 |
8.6 | 97.1 |
May 2021 |
6.2 | 124.7 |
Jun 2021 |
10.4 | 78.5 |
Jul 2021 |
1.8 | 59.7 |
Aug 2021 |
-10.5 | 35.7 |
Sep 2021 |
-6.7 | 10.4 |
Oct 2021 |
-7.5 | -3.3 |
Nov 2021 |
-6.6 | 0.6 |
Dec 2021 |
-1.8 | -11.8 |
Jan 2022 |
-6.0 | -16.4 |
Feb 2022 |
-1.4 | -10.4 |
Mar 2022 |
12.3 | -14.0 |
Apr 2022 |
10.9 | -20.9 |
May 2022 |
3.8 | -31.5 |
Jun 2022 |
-2.4 | -28.2 |
Jul 2022 |
-2.2 | -25.8 |
Aug 2022 |
-1.6 | -22.1 |
Sep 2022 |
-6.0 | -19.9 |
Oct 2022 |
-3.5 | -0.1 |
Nov 2022 |
-7.9 | -11.3 |
Dec 2022 |
0.1 | -2.6 |
Jan 2023 |
2.3 | -4.3 |
Feb 2023 |
6.4 | -15.6 |
Mar 2023 |
-4.9 | -34.7 |
Apr 2023 |
3.7 | -30.5 |
May 2023 |
7.3 | -20.7 |
Jun 2023 |
6.4 | -21.6 |
Jul 2023 |
9.0 | -29.1 |
Aug 2023 |
9.8 | -29.8 |
Sep 2023 |
12.8 | -26.3 |
Oct 2023 |
7.3 | -34.0 |
Nov 2023 |
20.9 | -28.7 |
Dec 2023 |
13.8 | -30.9 |
Jan 2024 |
11.2 | -29.9 |
Feb 2024 |
6.1 | -30.8 |
Mar 2024 |
16.7 | -18.4 |
Apr 2024 |
13.8 | -15.3 |
May 2024 |
14.6 | -20.6 |
Jun 2024 |
19.1 | -10.1 |
Jul 2024 |
22.4 | 9.8 |
Aug 2024 |
23.7 | 0.6 |
Sep 2024 |
29.8 | 3.8 |
The import prices for other precious metals also advanced over the past 12 months, rising 3.8 percent following 12-month increases of 0.6 percent and 9.8 percent in August 2024 and July 2024, respectively. Those 12-month advances were the first since these prices rose 0.6 percent from November 2020 to November 2021.
These data are from the International Price program. To learn more, see “U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes — September 2024." We also have more charts on U.S. import and export prices. Import and export price changes may be revised in each of the 3 months after original publication.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, U.S. import gold prices up 29.8 percent over year ended September 2024 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2024/u-s-import-gold-prices-up-29-8-percent-over-year-ended-september-2024.htm (visited November 11, 2024).