Table 8. U.S. international price indexes and percent changes for selected transportation services: September 2008 to September 2009 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Description Relative
import-
ance
Aug.
2009(1)
Index Percent change
June
2009
July
2009
Aug.
2009
Sept.
2009
Annual Monthly
Sept.
2008
to
Sept.
2009
May
2009
to
June
2009
June
2009
to
July
2009
July
2009
to
Aug.
2009
Aug.
2009
to
Sept.
2009

Air Freight

Import Air Freight

100.000 (r)132.8 (r)133.4 (r)133.5 134.5 -14.4 (r)2.2 (r)0.5 (r)0.1 0.7

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

23.271 (r)126.1 (r)130.3 (r)131.7 133.1 -21.1 (r)2.3 (r)3.3 (r)1.1 1.1

Asia

66.940 (r)116.2 (r)115.3 (r)115.0 115.8 -10.0 (r)1.9 (r)-0.8 (r)-0.3 0.7

Export Air Freight

100.000 117.4 (r)119.4 (r)120.0 121.0 -16.1 -1.2 (r)1.7 0.5 0.8

Europe (Dec. 2006=100)

36.456 105.7 108.3 108.3 109.5 -21.7 -2.2 2.5 0.0 1.1

Inbound Air Freight

100.000 (r)125.1 (r)125.3 (r)125.9 126.3 -16.7 0.6 (r)0.2 (r)0.5 0.3

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

25.110 (r)119.5 (r)122.7 (r)123.4 124.6 -23.0 (r)0.5 2.7 0.6 1.0

Asia

62.772 (r)109.3 (r)108.1 (r)108.8 109.2 -11.8 (r)0.8 (r)-1.1 0.6 0.4

Japan (Dec. 2006=100)

13.441 (r)115.1 (r)111.7 (r)113.9 115.8 -3.9 (r)-2.4 (r)-3.0 (r)2.0 1.7

Outbound Air Freight

100.000 (r)112.1 (r)112.3 (r)110.8 111.6 -24.1 (r)-0.5 (r)0.2 (r)-1.3 0.7

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

40.067 (r)127.6 (r)127.6 (r)128.0 128.7 -23.5 (r)-3.4 (r)0.0 (r)0.3 0.5

Asia

41.480 102.7 102.1 101.8 102.4 -22.2 2.1 -0.6 -0.3 0.6

Air Passenger Fares

Import Air Passenger Fares

100.000 147.3 142.7 139.5 137.9 -14.5 13.0 -3.1 -2.2 -1.1

Europe

42.866 160.6 151.0 143.0 147.0 -13.1 28.6 -6.0 -5.3 2.8

United Kingdom (Dec. 2002=100)

12.042 135.3 132.0 127.3 130.5 -6.5 38.8 -2.4 -3.6 2.5

Other Europe (Dec. 2002=100)

30.824 183.7 170.4 160.2 165.0 -15.3 25.3 -7.2 -6.0 3.0

Asia

29.029 135.9 135.4 130.0 124.4 -7.9 6.6 -0.4 -4.0 -4.3

Latin America/Caribbean

12.515 113.9 122.8 128.3 117.6 -12.3 0.9 7.8 4.5 -8.3

Export Air Passenger Fares

100.000 (r)138.2 (r)142.4 155.4 140.7 -18.2 (r)3.2 (r)3.0 (r)9.1 -9.5

Europe

31.819 174.4 186.1 (r)185.6 165.6 -21.8 15.7 6.7 (r)-0.3 -10.8

United Kingdom (Dec. 2002=100)

8.724 116.4 125.5 (r)129.0 119.6 -19.1 9.6 7.8 (r)2.8 -7.3

Other Europe (Dec. 2002=100)

23.095 171.0 181.8 (r)179.3 157.6 -22.9 18.1 6.3 (r)-1.4 -12.1

Asia

35.775 (r)109.2 (r)112.4 (r)137.9 122.2 -16.4 (r)-10.0 (r)2.9 (r)22.7 -11.4

Japan

19.394 (r)113.6 (r)118.5 (r)149.1 130.5 -19.1 (r)-13.2 (r)4.3 (r)25.8 -12.5

Latin America/Caribbean

20.317 143.7 (r)149.6 155.5 148.8 -11.9 7.9 (r)4.1 (r)3.9 -4.3

Footnotes
(1) Relative importance figures are based on 2007 trade values.
(r) Revised

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

 

Last Modified Date: October 14, 2009