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Import prices up 0.3 percent, export prices up 3.8 percent, over the year ended September 2025

December 08, 2025

Prices for U.S. imports rose 0.3 percent from September 2024 to September 2025, the first over-the-year increase since import prices rose 0.8 percent for the year ended March 2025. Import fuel prices fell 4.0 percent, while nonfuel import prices rose 0.8 percent.
12-month percent change in Import and Export Price Indexes, selected categories, September 2024 and September 2025
Category Sep 2023 to Sep 2024 Sep 2024 to Sep 2025

All imports

 -0.1 0.3

Fuel imports

 -17.9 -4.0

Nonfuel imports

 2.0 0.8

All exports

 -1.8 3.8

Agricultural exports

 -4.9 4.4

Nonagricultural exports

 -1.5 3.7

U.S. export prices increased 3.8 percent over the 12-months ended in September 2025, the largest over-the-year increase since export prices rose 4.6 percent for the year ended December 2022. Prices for agricultural exports rose 4.4 percent, as higher prices for nuts, fruit, and meat contributed to the over-the-year increase. Prices for nonagricultural exports increased 3.7 percent from September 2024 to September 2025, the largest over-the-year increase since a 3.9 percent increase for the year ended December 2022.

These data are from the International Price program and are not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes — September 2025." Also see more charts on import and export prices.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Import prices up 0.3 percent, export prices up 3.8 percent, over the year ended September 2025 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2025/import-prices-up-0-3-percent-export-prices-up-3-8-percent-over-the-year-ended-september-2025.htm (visited December 10, 2025).