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Import prices up 1.9 percent, export prices up 2.7 percent, from January 2024 to January 2025

February 26, 2025

From January 2024 to January 2025, U.S. import prices increased 1.9 percent. Export prices rose 2.7 percent during the period, the largest 12-month increase since December 2022, when export prices were up 4.6 percent.

12-month percent change in U.S. import and export price indexes, January 2015–January 2025
Month All imports Fuel imports Nonfuel imports All exports Agricultural exports Nonagricultural exports

Jan 2015

-8.9 -43.8 -0.9 -5.0 -6.4 -4.9

Feb 2015

-10.2 -47.9 -1.1 -5.8 -9.7 -5.3

Mar 2015

-10.8 -47.7 -1.8 -6.7 -13.7 -5.8

Apr 2015

-10.5 -45.3 -2.2 -6.3 -15.7 -5.3

May 2015

-9.7 -40.1 -2.2 -6.0 -17.0 -4.7

Jun 2015

-9.9 -40.1 -2.3 -5.8 -16.8 -4.5

Jul 2015

-10.5 -42.9 -2.6 -6.2 -14.4 -5.3

Aug 2015

-11.4 -48.2 -2.9 -7.1 -13.9 -6.3

Sep 2015

-11.6 -50.8 -3.0 -7.3 -13.8 -6.6

Oct 2015

-10.7 -47.4 -3.2 -6.7 -11.8 -6.1

Nov 2015

-9.5 -44.3 -3.2 -6.5 -12.7 -5.8

Dec 2015

-8.3 -41.0 -3.4 -6.6 -12.9 -5.9

Jan 2016

-6.5 -37.7 -2.9 -5.9 -12.8 -5.1

Feb 2016

-6.6 -40.8 -2.8 -6.1 -10.2 -5.8

Mar 2016

-6.1 -36.7 -2.5 -6.2 -10.7 -5.8

Apr 2016

-5.3 -31.7 -2.0 -5.1 -9.1 -4.7

May 2016

-5.2 -30.6 -1.8 -4.5 -5.2 -4.4

Jun 2016

-4.7 -24.5 -1.8 -3.5 -1.3 -3.8

Jul 2016

-3.7 -21.3 -1.2 -3.0 -2.6 -3.0

Aug 2016

-2.2 -12.9 -0.9 -2.4 -3.5 -2.3

Sep 2016

-1.1 -3.7 -0.6 -1.5 -3.1 -1.3

Oct 2016

-0.2 3.1 -0.3 -1.1 -2.7 -0.8

Nov 2016

0.2 6.1 -0.2 -0.2 -1.1 -0.2

Dec 2016

1.9 24.7 0.2 1.3 -0.3 1.4

Jan 2017

3.8 56.9 0.2 2.4 1.3 2.4

Feb 2017

4.7 68.9 0.6 3.2 2.1 3.3

Mar 2017

4.1 50.9 0.9 3.4 5.4 3.2

Apr 2017

3.6 36.9 1.0 3.1 4.6 3.0

May 2017

2.3 20.4 0.9 1.4 -0.1 1.6

Jun 2017

1.4 5.1 1.1 0.6 -3.8 1.0

Jul 2017

1.2 6.3 0.7 0.9 -1.8 1.1

Aug 2017

2.0 14.4 1.0 2.3 1.7 2.4

Sep 2017

2.7 19.4 1.3 2.8 2.1 2.8

Oct 2017

2.4 12.4 1.4 2.7 3.6 2.6

Nov 2017

3.5 24.8 1.5 3.1 2.1 3.3

Dec 2017

3.2 21.8 1.3 2.8 1.9 2.8

Jan 2018

3.4 18.5 1.9 3.3 1.5 3.5

Feb 2018

3.3 16.0 2.0 3.1 0.7 3.4

Mar 2018

3.3 16.4 1.9 3.4 2.8 3.5

Apr 2018

3.5 21.5 1.7 3.7 1.6 3.9

May 2018

4.5 30.1 1.8 5.0 4.8 4.9

Jun 2018

4.7 38.5 1.5 5.3 5.3 5.3

Jul 2018

4.8 41.0 1.4 4.3 -1.9 5.0

Aug 2018

3.8 32.7 0.9 3.6 -1.5 4.1

Sep 2018

3.1 25.6 0.6 2.7 -2.1 3.3

Oct 2018

3.4 29.3 0.6 3.1 -4.1 3.9

Nov 2018

0.7 3.5 0.4 1.8 -1.7 2.2

Dec 2018

-0.9 -13.1 0.6 1.1 2.3 1.0

Jan 2019

-1.5 -12.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.1 -0.2

Feb 2019

-0.7 -1.2 -0.5 0.2 -0.3 0.3

Mar 2019

0.1 8.7 -0.8 0.6 -2.4 0.9

Apr 2019

-0.2 6.5 -0.9 0.2 -2.7 0.5

May 2019

-0.9 3.9 -1.4 -0.9 -5.3 -0.3

Jun 2019

-2.0 -6.6 -1.4 -1.6 -2.0 -1.5

Jul 2019

-2.0 -7.2 -1.2 -0.9 3.5 -1.5

Aug 2019

-2.1 -9.2 -1.1 -1.4 0.6 -1.6

Sep 2019

-2.1 -8.3 -1.2 -1.7 0.2 -1.9

Oct 2019

-3.0 -12.7 -1.5 -2.2 2.0 -2.7

Nov 2019

-1.2 1.6 -1.4 -1.3 2.7 -1.7

Dec 2019

0.5 18.6 -1.4 -0.9 -1.2 -0.8

Jan 2020

0.5 13.2 -0.9 0.4 3.1 0.2

Feb 2020

-1.3 -6.6 -0.8 -1.4 -0.1 -1.6

Mar 2020

-4.2 -36.0 -0.6 -3.5 -2.4 -3.7

Apr 2020

-6.8 -56.6 -1.0 -7.0 -4.3 -7.2

May 2020

-6.3 -52.3 -0.7 -6.7 -3.7 -7.0

Jun 2020

-4.0 -37.5 -0.2 -4.5 -4.5 -4.5

Jul 2020

-2.8 -28.2 0.0 -3.7 -3.1 -3.8

Aug 2020

-1.4 -22.3 0.8 -2.7 -2.9 -2.6

Sep 2020

-1.3 -26.7 1.4 -1.8 1.4 -2.2

Oct 2020

-1.0 -26.2 1.6 -1.7 3.2 -2.1

Nov 2020

-1.0 -24.6 1.6 -1.0 4.3 -1.6

Dec 2020

-0.3 -20.1 1.9 0.4 5.4 -0.1

Jan 2021

1.0 -12.8 2.6 2.5 9.6 1.6

Feb 2021

3.0 6.4 2.8 5.4 15.9 4.3

Mar 2021

7.1 56.4 3.8 9.6 20.4 8.4

Apr 2021

10.9 130.7 5.2 15.0 25.5 13.7

May 2021

11.6 113.1 6.1 17.6 33.7 15.8

Jun 2021

11.3 85.3 6.5 16.9 33.4 15.1

Jul 2021

10.2 65.6 6.3 17.0 29.1 15.6

Aug 2021

9.0 56.1 5.6 16.6 33.2 14.8

Sep 2021

9.3 69.8 5.1 16.3 27.6 15.1

Oct 2021

11.0 90.6 5.6 18.3 24.7 17.6

Nov 2021

11.8 87.0 6.4 18.1 21.9 17.7

Dec 2021

10.3 60.9 6.4 14.9 21.5 14.1

Jan 2022

10.8 58.4 7.0 15.0 18.0 14.6

Feb 2022

11.4 57.9 7.4 16.8 18.2 16.6

Mar 2022

13.0 72.3 7.7 18.4 20.6 18.1

Apr 2022

12.5 70.6 7.2 18.2 21.2 17.8

May 2022

11.6 72.0 5.9 18.6 16.9 18.9

Jun 2022

10.7 73.2 4.6 18.6 15.3 19.0

Jul 2022

8.8 56.6 4.1 12.9 13.6 12.9

Aug 2022

7.7 46.4 3.9 11.2 12.0 11.1

Sep 2022

6.1 32.5 3.5 9.8 12.7 9.5

Oct 2022

4.2 16.7 2.9 7.2 10.9 6.8

Nov 2022

2.7 9.4 2.0 6.1 12.8 5.2

Dec 2022

3.2 15.9 1.9 4.6 9.3 3.9

Jan 2023

0.9 2.7 0.6 2.0 5.3 1.5

Feb 2023

-1.1 -12.3 0.2 -0.8 3.1 -1.4

Mar 2023

-4.7 -28.8 -1.5 -5.0 -3.1 -5.2

Apr 2023

-4.9 -26.2 -1.9 -6.0 -3.9 -6.3

May 2023

-5.7 -33.9 -1.6 -10.3 -8.3 -10.7

Jun 2023

-6.1 -36.8 -1.3 -11.8 -9.6 -12.2

Jul 2023

-4.8 -31.3 -0.9 -8.1 -6.1 -8.4

Aug 2023

-3.0 -18.2 -0.9 -5.7 -7.4 -5.6

Sep 2023

-1.5 -7.1 -0.8 -4.3 -7.7 -4.1

Oct 2023

-1.8 -8.8 -0.9 -4.7 -8.1 -4.4

Nov 2023

-1.6 -11.1 -0.5 -5.1 -10.7 -4.4

Dec 2023

-2.4 -16.3 -0.8 -2.9 -8.7 -2.1

Jan 2024

-1.3 -10.6 -0.3 -2.4 -9.3 -1.5

Feb 2024

-0.9 -4.3 -0.6 -2.0 -9.3 -1.2

Mar 2024

0.4 5.1 0.1 -1.5 -8.5 -0.7

Apr 2024

1.0 4.4 0.8 -0.8 -9.2 0.2

May 2024

1.3 10.2 0.5 0.6 -6.7 1.6

Jun 2024

1.6 7.2 1.1 1.0 -4.4 1.6

Jul 2024

1.7 5.9 1.3 1.2 -6.8 2.1

Aug 2024

0.8 -5.8 1.5 -0.7 -6.7 -0.1

Sep 2024

-0.1 -17.9 2.0 -1.8 -4.9 -1.5

Oct 2024

0.7 -15.4 2.4 0.1 -1.9 0.4

Nov 2024

1.4 -8.7 2.4 0.9 -1.7 1.2

Dec 2024

2.3 0.9 2.4 2.0 -0.7 2.4

Jan 2025

1.9 2.4 1.8 2.7 0.5 2.9

Within imports, fuel prices rose 2.4 percent over the year ended in January 2025. Nonfuel import prices rose 1.8 percent from January 2024 to January 2025.

Agricultural export prices increased 0.5 percent over the year, while nonagricultural export prices rose 2.9 percent. This was the largest 12-month increase in nonagricultural export prices since December 2022, when prices rose 3.9 percent.

These data are from the International Price program. To learn more, see "U.S. Import and Export Prices — January 2025." Also see more charts on import and export price trends. These data may be revised in each of the 3 months after original publication.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Import prices up 1.9 percent, export prices up 2.7 percent, from January 2024 to January 2025 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2025/import-prices-up-1-9-percent-export-prices-up-2-7-percent-from-january-2024-to-january-2025.htm (visited April 30, 2025).

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