Table 8 U.S. International Price Indexes for Selected Transportation Services

Table 8. U.S. international price indexes and percent changes for selected transportation services: July 2007 to July 2008 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description Relative
import-
ance
June
2008(1)		 Index Percent change
June
2008		 July
2008		 Annual Monthly
July
2007
to
July
2008		 Mar.
2008
to
Apr.
2008		 Apr.
2008
to
May
2008		 May
2008
to
June
2008		 June
2008
to
July
2008

Air Freight

Import Air Freight

 100.000 155.6 156.8 18.5 4.4 2.2 1.0 0.8

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

 30.262 171.5 175.9 33.3 10.4 3.7 -0.3 2.6

Asia

 59.694 129.5 129.5 13.0 2.1 1.7 0.6 0.0

Export Air Freight

 100.000 140.8 143.1 21.6 2.0 2.0 2.5 1.6

Europe (Dec. 2006=100)

 43.509 135.6 138.8 37.4 2.6 3.2 3.7 2.4

Inbound Air Freight

 100.000 150.0 151.5 18.9 3.6 1.7 1.1 1.0

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

 32.217 163.7 167.1 31.5 7.7 2.5 1.2 2.1

Asia

 56.160 123.6 124.2 14.0 1.9 1.5 0.9 0.5

Outbound Air Freight

 100.000 143.2 147.3 28.2 2.5 3.3 4.9 2.9

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

 41.905 164.0 168.9 29.6 3.7 3.2 5.1 3.0

Asia

 40.768 128.0 131.1 25.3 1.4 3.7 5.3 2.4

Air Passenger Fares

Import Air Passenger Fares

 100.000 171.6 178.6 19.5 9.1 1.3 18.3 4.1

Europe

 47.324 186.5 191.3 24.0 17.3 0.5 27.0 2.6

Asia

 25.101 149.5 155.5 8.5 3.0 2.7 20.9 4.0

Latin America/Caribbean

 11.779 147.4 155.8 27.2 4.3 4.4 4.2 5.7

Export Air Passenger Fares

 100.000 171.4 180.7 16.7 -2.2 3.5 8.2 5.4

Europe

 32.956 224.8 242.0 23.0 5.0 3.5 16.2 7.7

Asia

 33.248 136.5 138.6 15.7 -2.7 3.1 2.2 1.5

Latin America/Caribbean

 19.488 166.0 178.3 5.1 -0.8 4.4 3.3 7.4

Footnotes
 (1) Relative importance figures for Air Passenger Fares Indexes are based on 2006 trade values, while the relative importance figures for the Air Freight Indexes are based on 2005 trade values.

NOTES: Data may be revised in each of the three months after original publication.
Dash = Not available

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Last Modified Date: August 13, 2008