Import/Export Price Indexes

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MXP TOPICS
METHODOLOGY
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 4. U.S. export price indexes for selected categories of goods December 2005=100, unless otherwise noted
Category	NAICS	Relative import- ance Sept. 2008(1)	Months
Category	NAICS	Relative import- ance Sept. 2008(1)	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
Nonmanufactured articles	NONMANU	6.831
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			103.5	103.3	101.7	102.9	102.7	105.5	105.1	105.5	101.6	100.7	110.9	113.4
2007			111.0	115.1	117.1	115.1	114.0	115.7	117.6	118.3	124.8	133.6	134.6	140.2
2008			149.0	156.7	164.3	157.6	156.6	160.2	171.3	148.5	147.0	131.3	-	-

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	11	5.556
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			101.6	100.3	101.0	100.6	101.0	105.0	106.9	107.3	105.2	107.2	115.4	118.5
2007			117.9	121.4	124.9	121.5	120.0	123.4	128.1	129.5	139.2	149.3	150.6	157.2
2008			169.3	179.9	188.9	179.2	176.2	180.4	197.2	168.1	168.4	147.7	-	-

Crop production	111	5.216
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			101.7	100.1	99.9	99.8	100.2	104.8	106.8	107.2	105.2	107.5	116.6	120.0
2007			119.4	123.1	126.7	121.8	121.2	125.2	130.3	131.8	142.5	153.9	155.7	163.1
2008			175.7	187.5	197.4	187.1	183.8	188.4	206.8	174.7	175.2	152.5	-	-

Oilseed and grain farming	1111	3.521
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			103.3	103.3	105.2	102.7	105.0	109.0	111.8	110.0	109.5	116.0	133.2	136.2
2007			130.4	139.9	143.9	133.7	136.9	144.4	144.6	146.5	161.7	177.2	179.7	194.6
2008			214.6	236.1	253.0	235.9	229.4	238.1	268.1	207.0	216.6	179.0	-	-

Soybean farming	11111	1.270
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			104.7	100.4	101.4	94.8	100.7	100.1	103.0	100.0	95.3	97.5	112.9	114.8
2007			111.3	121.6	122.5	124.3	119.0	131.6	138.1	136.7	146.0	158.0	167.9	181.3
2008			202.6	214.7	234.7	202.5	208.4	229.8	266.6	212.2	204.3	164.1	-	-

Wheat farming	11114	0.642
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.8	102.2	105.2	102.7	105.3	111.8	117.1	111.7	113.8	119.7	125.4	125.7
2007			119.0	121.3	126.2	122.2	128.3	130.8	144.7	155.0	189.1	224.9	207.4	237.9
2008			252.8	301.4	309.4	254.4	211.8	200.5	204.4	173.7	184.9	157.0	-	-

Corn farming	11115	1.306
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			104.1	105.9	108.1	108.6	107.7	113.7	114.3	116.3	117.4	128.6	157.6	163.8
2007			155.6	171.1	179.0	151.6	162.6	169.8	151.3	150.4	156.3	160.3	171.8	177.3
2008			199.4	216.1	235.1	248.4	248.2	256.2	297.4	209.2	234.4	193.1	-	-

Fruit and tree nut farming (Dec. 2006=100)	1113	0.607
2006			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2007			100.9	101.9	101.1	105.9	103.9	103.4	101.1	105.8	107.1	113.1	115.3	114.8
2008			114.1	116.4	115.4	114.8	113.7	114.6	112.7	114.3	108.5	100.4	-	-

Noncitrus fruit and tree nut farming (Dec. 2007=100)	11133	0.484
2007			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2008			99.2	101.5	101.1	97.6	96.5	96.1	94.2	94.7	87.9	81.1	-	-

Other crop farming	1119	0.836
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			102.5	102.6	100.1	100.6	98.9	101.3	99.3	102.7	100.1	98.2	100.2	102.9
2007			111.9	111.5	113.1	112.2	107.8	111.9	141.3	139.4	148.5	152.6	153.0	156.5
2008			162.7	165.3	174.5	170.2	166.7	168.8	180.5	178.5	162.2	150.5	-	-

Cotton farming (Dec. 2007=100)	11192	0.533
2007			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2008			103.4	106.1	115.8	111.3	108.0	107.4	113.4	111.7	109.3	99.9	-	-

Mining	21	1.275
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			107.8	109.7	103.3	107.9	106.6	106.7	101.0	101.5	93.7	86.3	101.2	102.2
2007			95.7	101.0	99.8	100.9	100.6	98.6	94.5	93.5	92.8	98.7	99.2	102.5
2008			103.3	103.9	108.1	108.9	113.1	115.1	112.2	104.7	98.4	94.7	-	-

Mining (except oil and gas)	212	0.859
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			107.9	117.3	114.6	117.3	117.5	118.4	110.4	104.2	98.3	96.8	100.4	101.6
2007			99.5	99.9	101.1	99.3	99.8	100.2	99.2	99.2	97.5	100.4	100.1	99.5
2008			99.0	100.6	102.1	99.7	100.0	99.1	100.2	101.7	99.3	97.6	-	-

Coal mining (Dec. 2007=100)	2121	0.373
2007			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2008			99.7	100.4	100.3	97.3	99.3	99.3	106.0	108.2	107.3	102.6	-	-

Manufactured articles	MANU	90.547
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.5	100.8	101.0	101.4	102.1	102.7	102.9	103.3	103.1	102.8	102.6	102.8
2007			103.2	103.6	104.1	104.7	105.3	105.7	106.1	106.2	106.2	106.6	107.5	107.9
2008			108.8	109.3	110.5	111.5	112.1	113.3	114.4	113.8	113.2	112.1	-	-

Manufactured goods, part 1	31	6.943
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			99.8	99.7	99.4	98.5	99.0	99.6	100.4	101.7	102.0	102.3	102.6	103.6
2007			105.2	106.8	107.7	107.9	108.6	109.9	110.5	111.5	111.9	112.4	113.5	114.7
2008			115.6	117.1	119.9	121.8	123.4	125.2	127.1	126.9	126.1	123.8	-	-

Food manufacturing	311	4.635
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			99.6	99.6	99.0	98.2	98.9	99.9	101.4	103.6	104.3	104.3	104.9	106.6
2007			109.1	111.8	113.1	113.6	114.7	116.9	118.1	119.6	120.4	121.0	123.1	125.0
2008			126.6	129.2	133.6	136.5	139.3	141.9	144.7	144.4	143.0	139.3	-	-

Grain and oilseed milling	3112	1.154
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			102.1	101.4	101.4	101.5	100.9	100.5	100.2	101.0	103.1	105.0	108.6	112.3
2007			113.3	115.6	116.0	115.3	115.4	120.4	121.3	123.1	127.7	133.4	141.2	146.9
2008			153.0	161.7	170.9	175.7	184.2	189.7	197.4	188.9	183.0	168.0	-	-

Starch and vegetable fats and oils manufacturing	31122	0.841
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			101.6	99.8	99.3	98.5	98.1	97.2	96.5	97.1	97.8	100.4	104.3	108.3
2007			109.6	112.6	113.2	113.6	113.6	119.7	122.6	124.8	130.6	137.8	146.0	149.9
2008			155.9	165.7	174.3	175.7	179.6	184.7	196.1	186.1	182.6	161.3	-	-

Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing	3114	0.394
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			101.1	102.3	104.4	104.3	105.1	106.0	107.4	108.7	109.4	109.5	109.7	111.5
2007			115.8	118.4	120.2	122.8	122.9	122.0	121.7	121.2	121.3	122.0	123.8	124.8
2008			126.2	128.4	130.9	133.3	132.9	131.6	131.3	130.6	131.1	131.9	-	-

Animal slaughtering and processing	3116	1.385
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			95.9	94.8	92.7	90.2	93.2	96.5	101.2	104.6	104.2	103.3	102.7	104.8
2007			108.4	112.0	114.6	115.7	119.1	124.4	126.2	127.5	127.4	125.6	124.8	124.3
2008			122.3	124.3	130.8	133.6	136.9	140.3	144.9	148.2	146.4	141.8	-	-

Seafood product preparation and packaging	3117	0.441
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			98.9	99.8	98.4	98.6	99.1	100.3	99.9	101.4	102.2	100.6	98.8	99.3
2007			99.3	100.3	100.8	101.6	102.6	103.0	103.9	105.5	106.2	107.7	108.3	112.5
2008			116.3	120.6	123.9	126.2	125.7	126.1	127.8	129.7	130.6	131.3	-	-

Other food manufacturing	3119	0.574
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			98.9	99.3	100.6	100.6	100.7	100.8	100.8	100.5	101.0	100.9	101.4	101.5
2007			104.9	104.9	104.6	104.4	104.3	104.1	109.1	112.4	113.9	114.9	116.0	116.3
2008			117.9	118.3	119.1	120.8	120.9	121.6	121.6	122.5	122.7	123.7	-	-

Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing	312	0.478
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			99.6	99.9	99.7	101.0	101.1	100.6	101.2	101.0	100.2	99.9	99.7	99.7
2007			100.9	101.0	102.3	102.1	102.3	102.4	102.1	102.6	102.9	103.7	103.6	103.8
2008			103.7	104.5	105.6	106.5	106.6	106.8	106.6	105.7	104.4	104.0	-	-

Apparel manufacturing	315	0.460
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.0	100.0	100.0	99.9	99.9	100.0	100.0	100.1	100.1	100.1	100.1	100.1
2007			100.1	100.3	100.4	100.4	100.4	100.5	100.5	100.5	100.5	100.5	100.5	100.3
2008			100.9	101.1	101.0	101.0	101.0	101.1	100.9	101.2	101.2	101.3	-	-

Cut and sew apparel manufacturing	3152	0.358
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			99.9	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.9	100.0	100.0	100.2	100.1	100.1	100.1	100.1
2007			100.1	100.4	100.5	100.5	100.5	100.7	100.7	100.7	100.7	100.7	100.7	100.4
2008			101.2	101.3	101.3	101.2	101.2	101.4	101.1	101.6	101.6	101.6	-	-

Manufactured goods, part 2	32	23.888
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			101.0	101.4	101.9	103.0	104.6	105.7	106.5	107.5	106.3	105.0	104.1	104.4
2007			104.7	105.4	106.5	108.0	109.4	110.2	111.4	111.7	111.7	112.1	114.7	114.8
2008			117.4	117.2	120.3	122.2	124.3	127.7	131.4	128.4	127.4	124.4	-	-

Wood product manufacturing	321	0.514
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.0	100.4	101.1	101.1	102.1	102.9	103.3	104.0	104.0	104.1	104.7	106.1
2007			105.9	107.3	109.1	109.3	109.4	110.7	110.8	110.8	111.2	110.9	110.4	109.8
2008			110.6	112.3	112.6	111.7	112.1	112.0	111.7	112.2	112.5	113.2	-	-

Paper manufacturing	322	1.918
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			101.2	101.8	102.2	104.5	104.8	105.7	106.5	106.9	107.2	107.7	107.7	107.7
2007			107.7	108.4	108.3	108.8	109.2	109.4	110.4	110.8	111.1	111.1	111.8	112.5
2008			113.5	113.7	113.8	115.1	115.2	115.6	116.1	116.3	116.5	116.2	-	-

Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills	3221	1.118
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			101.4	102.3	102.8	106.3	106.7	107.9	109.4	109.9	110.6	111.5	111.6	111.6
2007			111.0	112.0	111.6	112.8	113.0	113.0	114.7	115.2	115.6	115.4	116.4	117.1
2008			118.1	118.9	119.1	121.4	121.5	122.1	122.5	123.0	123.1	122.5	-	-

Pulp mills	32211	0.415
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			100.3	100.7	101.1	103.0	104.0	104.5	106.4	107.2	108.4	108.9	109.7	109.5
2007			110.4	113.4	111.6	112.7	113.0	113.8	115.1	116.2	116.3	117.8	119.6	119.9
2008			121.3	122.2	123.1	125.3	126.9	127.2	126.5	127.3	126.3	123.2	-	-

Paper mills	32212	0.695
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			102.0	103.2	103.7	108.2	108.2	109.7	110.9	111.4	111.7	112.9	112.7	112.8
2007			111.4	111.1	111.5	112.8	112.9	112.7	114.6	114.8	115.3	114.1	114.7	115.6
2008			116.4	117.1	117.0	119.3	118.6	119.4	120.5	120.6	121.3	122.2	-	-

Converted paper product manufacturing	3222	0.800
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			101.0	101.2	101.5	102.4	102.5	103.1	103.2	103.3	103.3	103.3	103.2	103.0
2007			104.0	104.4	104.5	104.2	104.7	105.4	105.2	105.6	105.8	106.1	106.4	107.1
2008			108.0	107.5	107.6	107.6	107.7	107.7	108.4	108.2	108.6	108.6	-	-

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing	324	3.749
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2006			105.9	104.2	108.5	117.7	123.9	124.1	125.3	129.6	114.7	104.7	104.8	108.9
2007			102.9	105.9	113.5	121.6	121.7	125.1	128.7	122.8	126.9	128.4	147.6	141.6
2008			149.0	142.4	162.6	170.2	181.9	200.6	215.0	186.0	180.0	156.9	-	-

Chemical manufacturing	325	14.648
2005			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
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