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