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PAPERS & ARTICLES USING MXP DATA
- "Price Measures of New Vehicles: A Comparison" by Maria Bustinza, Thaddious Foster, Tod Reese, David Yochum, and Daniel Chow.
- Import and Export Price Trends in 2006" by Carol Rowan and Sonya Wahi-Miller
- "Price and Expenditure Measures of Petroleum Products: A Comparison" by Abby Duly, Jeffrey Harris, Ara Khatchadourian, Rozi Ulics, and Melissa Wolter
- Import Price Rise in 2005 Due to Continued High Energy Prices" by Jeffrey Bogen
- "IPP Introduces Additional Locality of Origin Import Price Indexes" by Helen McCulley and Melissa Schwartz
- "U.S. Import and Export Prices in 2004" by Kristen Locatelli
- "U.S. Import and Export Prices in 2003" by Melissa Schwartz
- "International Price Comparisons Based on Purchasing Power Parity" by Michelle Vachris and James Thomas
- "Using Dissaggregated Data to Dissect the U.S. Trade Deficit" by William Alterman
- "Coping with the Rising Yen: Japan's Recent Export Experience" by Thomas Klitgaard
- "Are Producer Prices Good Proxies for Export Prices?" by Bill Alterman
- "Imputation and Price Indexes: Theory and Evidence from the International Price Program" by Robert C. Feenstra and Erwin W. Diewert
- "Explaining Tranquility in the Midst of Turbulence: U.S. Multinationals' Intrafirm Trade, 1966-1997" by Subramanian Rangan
- "Transfer Pricing, Intrafirm Trade and the BLS International Price Program" by Lorraine Eden
- "The Behavior of Intrafirm Trade Prices in U.S. International Price Data" by Kimberly A. Clausing
- "Exchange Rates and the Prices of Manufacturing Products Imported into the United States" by Giovanni P. Olivei
IMPORT PRICES BY SELECTED LOCALITIES
SELECTED IMPORT INDEXES
SELECTED EXPORT INDEXES

Table 1. U.S. import price indexes for selected categories of goods 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Category	End Use	Relative import- ance Sept. 2008(1)	Months
Category	End Use	Relative import- ance Sept. 2008(1)	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
All commodities		100.000
1982			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	80.0	-	-	79.9
1983			-	-	77.7	-	-	77.8	-	-	77.6	-	-	78.0
1984			-	-	78.7	-	-	78.9	-	-	77.7	-	-	77.0
1985			-	-	75.5	-	-	75.8	-	-	76.0	-	-	77.8
1986			-	-	75.0	-	-	75.1	-	-	76.9	-	-	77.7
1987			-	-	80.8	-	-	83.6	-	-	84.3	-	-	85.5
1988			-	-	86.5	-	-	88.8	-	-	87.6	-	-	89.3
1989			91.1	90.6	91.3	92.0	92.6	91.5	90.5	90.0	90.4	90.9	91.1	91.6
1990			92.5	92.7	92.4	91.6	91.2	90.8	90.5	93.3	96.5	99.3	98.7	98.4
1991			97.0	95.0	95.0	94.2	94.0	93.4	92.8	93.1	93.3	94.1	94.5	94.3
1992			94.0	94.0	93.9	93.6	94.0	94.8	95.3	95.7	95.9	96.6	96.0	94.4
1993			94.3	94.2	94.7	95.2	95.5	95.0	94.5	94.4	94.5	94.9	94.4	93.5
1994			93.5	93.9	94.0	94.7	95.5	96.3	97.2	97.6	97.2	97.9	98.5	98.4
1995			98.7	99.4	99.9	100.9	101.8	101.4	101.1	100.8	100.8	100.4	100.6	101.0
1996			101.2	101.0	101.6	102.5	101.8	100.7	100.6	100.7	101.8	102.4	102.2	102.5
1997			102.2	101.2	100.0	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.5	98.4	98.4	98.6	98.1	97.2
1998			95.9	95.0	94.1	93.9	93.7	93.1	92.3	92.0	92.2	92.3	91.8	91.0
1999			91.3	91.2	91.5	92.4	93.1	92.9	93.8	94.8	95.8	96.0	96.7	97.4
2000			97.8	99.7	99.9	98.5	98.8	100.2	100.2	100.4	101.6	101.2	101.2	100.5
2001			100.5	99.9	98.3	97.8	98.0	97.6	96.1	96.0	95.9	93.7	92.3	91.4
2002			91.6	91.6	92.8	94.3	94.4	94.1	94.5	94.8	95.5	95.5	94.6	95.2
2003			96.9	98.5	99.1	96.0	95.3	96.2	96.7	96.7	96.2	96.3	96.8	97.5
2004			99.0	99.4	100.2	100.4	101.9	101.7	102.1	103.6	104.1	105.8	105.5	104.0
2005			104.6	105.5	107.8	108.8	107.9	109.2	110.5	112.1	114.4	114.5	112.3	112.3
2006			113.7	112.8	112.7	115.1	117.2	117.3	118.2	118.8	116.2	113.3	113.8	115.1
2007			113.7	114.1	115.9	117.5	118.6	120.0	121.5	121.1	121.8	123.6	127.5	127.3
2008			129.2	129.5	133.5	137.3	141.2	145.5	147.5	143.1	138.4	131.9	-	-

All imports excluding petroleum	EXPET	75.865
1985			-	-	73.9	-	-	74.3	-	-	74.8	-	-	76.8
1986			-	-	79.1	-	-	79.9	-	-	82.5	-	-	82.9
1987			-	-	84.8	-	-	87.0	-	-	87.7	-	-	90.2
1988			-	-	92.3	-	-	94.6	-	-	94.0	-	-	96.2
1989			96.9	96.1	96.7	96.4	96.7	95.9	95.2	95.1	95.2	95.5	95.7	96.0
1990			96.1	96.4	96.9	96.7	96.4	96.4	96.3	96.8	97.6	98.0	98.3	98.9
1991			99.0	99.3	99.6	98.9	98.8	98.3	97.8	97.8	98.0	98.5	98.7	99.1
1992			99.8	100.0	99.8	99.1	99.0	99.5	99.9	100.3	100.7	101.2	100.9	99.9
1993			99.9	99.7	99.9	100.2	100.6	100.5	100.7	100.8	100.9	101.4	101.3	101.3
1994			101.6	101.5	101.8	102.1	102.3	102.6	103.1	103.8	104.1	104.8	105.1	105.2
1995			105.5	105.9	106.4	107.0	107.7	107.6	108.0	108.0	107.8	107.5	107.7	107.7
1996			107.4	107.4	107.1	107.0	106.7	106.2	105.9	105.7	106.1	105.8	105.7	105.8
1997			105.4	105.3	104.9	104.3	104.2	104.3	104.1	103.8	103.7	103.4	103.3	102.8
1998			102.2	101.7	101.4	101.1	100.9	100.5	100.0	99.6	99.4	99.5	99.6	99.4
1999			99.5	99.4	99.0	98.8	99.0	98.8	98.6	98.7	98.9	99.0	99.4	99.4
2000			99.4	99.7	100.0	100.1	99.9	99.9	100.2	100.3	100.0	100.0	99.9	100.7
2001			101.6	100.8	100.0	99.5	99.2	98.9	97.8	97.5	97.3	96.8	96.6	96.2
2002			96.1	95.7	95.8	96.3	96.2	96.2	96.2	96.3	96.4	96.4	96.3	96.5
2003			96.8	97.1	98.1	97.1	96.9	97.3	97.3	97.0	97.3	97.2	97.4	97.7
2004			98.5	98.9	99.1	99.4	99.6	99.7	99.7	100.0	100.1	100.0	100.9	101.3
2005			101.6	101.7	102.0	102.4	102.2	102.0	101.8	101.9	102.8	103.8	103.7	103.7
2006			104.0	103.3	103.0	103.1	103.8	104.2	104.2	104.7	104.8	104.2	105.2	105.7
2007			105.6	105.6	105.9	106.2	106.8	107.1	107.2	107.2	107.1	107.7	108.5	108.9
2008			109.7	110.4	111.6	113.1	113.9	114.9	115.6	115.1	114.1	113.1	-	-

All imports excluding fuels (Dec. 2001=100)	EXFUELS	74.015
2001			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2002			99.9	99.7	99.7	99.9	99.9	99.9	100.0	100.1	100.1	100.0	99.9	100.0
2003			100.0	100.2	100.3	100.3	100.1	100.3	100.5	100.4	100.6	100.6	100.9	101.0
2004			101.5	102.0	102.4	102.7	102.9	102.7	102.8	103.2	103.4	103.3	103.5	104.0
2005			104.5	104.8	105.0	105.2	105.0	104.9	104.6	104.5	104.8	105.0	104.9	105.1
2006			105.4	105.6	105.7	105.8	106.6	107.2	107.2	107.5	107.8	107.7	107.8	108.1
2007			108.4	108.2	108.4	108.7	109.2	109.5	109.8	110.1	110.1	110.6	111.0	111.4
2008			112.2	112.8	113.9	115.2	115.8	116.5	117.2	117.4	116.9	116.0	-	-

Foods, feeds, & beverages	0	4.369
1977			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	81.0	-	-	78.4
1978			-	-	74.0	-	-	74.1	-	-	74.8	-	-	75.8
1979			-	-	75.1	-	-	80.3	-	-	81.5	-	-	83.9
1980			-	-	84.8	-	-	83.1	-	-	84.4	-	-	85.5
1981			-	-	84.2	-	-	79.4	-	-	80.3	-	-	78.8
1982			-	-	78.9	-	-	75.4	-	-	77.3	-	-	79.2
1983			-	-	80.0	-	-	80.3	-	-	81.6	-	-	82.4
1984			-	-	83.9	-	-	84.9	-	-	83.6	-	-	80.6
1985			-	-	80.3	-	-	79.5	-	-	77.7	-	-	84.0
1986			-	-	89.2	-	-	85.3	-	-	88.3	-	-	87.1
1987			-	-	84.6	-	-	86.7	-	-	87.6	-	-	90.1
1988			-	-	91.4	-	-	91.4	-	-	90.6	-	-	91.8
1989			94.6	92.2	91.5	90.8	92.6	89.8	88.9	87.2	86.1	85.5	84.7	87.6
1990			90.5	91.3	90.0	89.5	88.5	90.5	90.3	91.1	91.9	92.4	90.9	93.5
1991			94.3	93.3	94.4	94.8	94.9	94.5	93.9	93.8	93.9	94.2	94.4	95.6
1992			96.8	96.7	97.6	94.6	92.3	92.6	92.8	92.6	92.8	93.1	94.0	93.0
1993			93.2	91.8	91.3	92.3	92.7	93.4	93.5	95.0	95.7	96.8	95.7	95.9
1994			96.4	95.8	96.7	98.0	99.7	102.0	106.4	108.9	109.8	111.4	109.8	110.0
1995			110.8	108.6	111.5	108.7	109.9	109.0	109.7	110.1	108.6	107.1	107.9	107.0
1996			104.6	107.6	106.2	109.7	110.3	107.4	106.0	105.1	107.1	107.3	106.8	105.6
1997			105.5	107.4	110.6	108.6	110.0	111.2	108.4	108.2	108.7	107.8	106.8	107.0
1998			106.6	105.5	105.4	106.3	105.1	105.9	105.0	102.5	104.0	105.1	103.8	103.7
1999			104.6	101.7	101.5	102.5	103.4	102.2	101.2	100.9	100.7	100.0	101.4	103.4
2000			102.1	101.7	101.0	101.8	100.3	99.4	99.3	99.6	98.9	98.9	97.6	99.3
2001			99.1	98.0	98.9	97.0	96.6	95.4	94.4	94.5	95.0	94.5	95.2	94.6
2002			95.7	93.8	95.0	96.0	97.2	96.2	96.9	96.9	99.7	100.0	99.9	100.2
2003			101.3	101.4	102.6	102.5	101.3	100.7	101.5	101.3	101.8	101.9	102.4	103.2
2004			103.7	105.3	105.9	107.2	106.8	106.9	107.5	107.3	108.7	110.0	110.3	111.5
2005			111.1	112.2	115.9	115.6	115.5	114.1	113.7	114.1	114.2	115.1	115.6	117.5
2006			119.2	116.7	117.0	116.2	118.1	118.0	118.1	120.6	120.9	121.1	121.6	122.6
2007			124.5	124.8	124.6	126.3	127.4	127.8	129.4	130.1	131.8	133.2	133.4	134.4
2008			138.1	137.8	141.8	143.7	145.0	147.7	149.7	150.4	148.1	145.7	-	-

Agricultural foods, feeds & beverages, excluding distilled beverages	00	3.396
1984			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	92.9
1985			-	-	92.5	-	-	91.9	-	-	88.8	-	-	98.0
1986			-	-	104.6	-	-	97.6	-	-	101.4	-	-	98.5
1987			-	-	93.8	-	-	95.8	-	-	96.3	-	-	100.0
1988			-	-	101.4	-	-	101.8	-	-	101.3	-	-	102.9
1989			-	-	102.4	-	-	100.7	-	-	95.0	-	-	97.1
1990			-	-	99.8	-	-	100.3	-	-	100.8	-	-	101.9
1991			-	-	101.5	-	-	101.8	-	-	101.5	-	-	103.7
1992			-	-	106.2	-	-	98.5	-	-	98.0	98.7	100.6	99.5
1993			99.5	97.4	96.4	97.6	98.4	99.4	99.8	101.8	102.5	102.8	101.0	101.2
1994			101.8	100.6	101.8	102.8	104.7	108.4	114.7	118.0	119.3	121.1	118.6	118.4
1995			120.3	117.0	120.7	116.5	118.7	117.4	118.2	119.4	118.0	115.8	117.6	116.6
1996			113.0	117.4	115.1	120.1	120.9	116.0	114.6	112.9	115.7	116.0	115.2	113.0
1997			112.9	115.3	120.2	116.8	118.4	119.6	115.0	114.8	115.5	113.6	112.3	113.0
1998			112.4	110.5	110.2	111.3	109.4	109.5	109.2	105.9	108.2	109.7	108.3	109.0
1999			110.0	105.3	104.6	105.2	106.6	105.4	103.8	103.5	103.3	101.6	102.9	106.0
2000			104.4	103.4	102.1	102.3	100.5	99.2	98.8	98.2	97.3	97.9	96.6	99.3
2001			99.5	98.4	101.0	98.9	98.4	97.0	96.7	96.9	97.8	97.8	99.5	98.3
2002			99.9	97.2	99.5	100.9	102.7	101.3	102.4	102.0	105.4	106.1	105.8	106.0
2003			107.9	107.8	109.6	108.9	107.5	107.1	107.7	107.6	108.3	109.0	109.7	110.9
2004			112.0	113.4	113.0	114.2	114.0	114.3	114.5	114.1	116.4	118.4	119.1	120.7
2005			119.6	120.8	125.7	125.5	125.5	123.5	122.1	122.4	122.6	123.4	124.6	127.2
2006			129.7	125.4	125.4	124.6	127.1	126.8	126.5	129.9	130.4	130.9	132.2	133.7
2007			135.5	135.4	135.1	137.6	139.1	139.5	141.4	142.1	144.4	146.5	147.1	148.3
2008			153.1	152.6	157.3	159.8	162.2	165.1	167.6	167.9	165.1	162.1	-	-

Green coffee, cocoa beans, sugar	000	0.309
1982			-	-	152.4	-	-	138.7	-	-	152.4	-	-	156.2
1983			-	-	157.3	-	-	160.4	-	-	164.8	-	-	173.1
1984			-	-	178.1	-	-	180.4	-	-	176.6	-	-	170.6
1985			-	-	166.9	-	-	167.0	-	-	162.7	-	-	188.7
1986			-	-	248.4	-	-	201.6	-	-	207.7	-	-	177.2
1987			-	-	152.8	-	-	147.8	-	-	144.4	-	-	154.1
1988			-	-	162.7	-	-	162.1	-	-	156.2	-	-	158.8
1989			-	-	158.3	-	-	151.2	-	-	113.5	-	-	105.1
1990			-	-	118.7	-	-	118.8	-	-	125.1	-	-	117.8
1991			-	-	115.4	-	-	110.6	-	-	109.7	-	-	110.4
1992			-	-	102.1	-	-	93.5	-	-	92.1	-	-	106.7
1993			-	-	100.4	-	-	97.0	-	-	116.2	-	-	117.8
1994			117.0	119.2	120.3	127.1	136.8	161.3	217.6	233.1	240.1	251.5	228.9	203.3
1995			203.3	197.7	216.0	208.6	210.1	197.3	183.5	191.5	184.2	171.5	173.7	158.5
1996			157.6	165.6	159.4	164.6	167.0	157.3	155.1	146.6	147.8	145.1	144.9	139.4
1997			144.0	160.4	190.2	187.1	207.5	230.5	187.1	182.2	187.1	170.8	155.9	169.3
1998			174.7	180.9	173.1	170.4	156.0	149.0	133.4	146.1	140.8	133.1	134.5	136.4
1999			140.6	132.4	129.7	127.9	126.6	127.6	116.8	114.5	107.2	107.1	115.0	123.7
2000			119.2	112.4	104.5	105.2	102.6	100.5	97.1	92.6	92.0	92.8	92.0	89.2
2001			87.4	90.3	91.1	93.5	92.0	88.8	85.7	82.0	83.5	80.2	81.2	80.9
2002			80.0	80.5	86.9	94.4	88.1	89.2	88.6	89.4	103.6	101.8	106.2	108.2
2003			111.9	115.9	108.5	108.7	106.8	100.3	100.4	101.7	103.8	100.4	96.8	99.8
2004			105.6	107.0	107.3	105.6	103.6	110.7	104.0	104.1	107.2	105.8	111.5	119.1
2005			121.0	128.0	141.1	137.9	136.4	141.4	129.2	126.9	122.0	119.5	127.4	126.5
2006			140.9	139.7	136.8	134.8	135.1	129.3	132.7	137.7	136.4	135.3	142.0	144.0
2007			148.2	147.9	146.8	146.6	147.3	153.0	157.1	158.4	158.7	161.2	161.0	162.1
2008			166.1	167.2	187.5	173.8	174.1	177.1	192.3	190.5	184.7	166.8	-	-

Green coffee (Dec. 2007=100)	00000	0.178
2007			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2008			102.6	102.4	113.8	106.5	104.6	104.9	110.7	110.3	108.8	95.2	-	-

Other agricultural foods	001	2.916
1984			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	78.5
1985			-	-	78.8	-	-	78.1	-	-	75.4	-	-	81.5
1986			-	-	78.7	-	-	78.9	-	-	82.4	-	-	84.3
1987			-