Import/Export Price Indexes

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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

U.S. export price indexes for selected categories of goods 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Category	SITC Rev.3	Relative import- ance Nov. 2005(1)	Months
Category	SITC Rev.3	Relative import- ance Nov. 2005(1)	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
Food and live animals	0	6.595
1983			-	-	99.9	-	-	105.0	-	-	113.0	-	-	108.8
1984			-	-	106.1	-	-	109.5	-	-	103.4	-	-	96.4
1985			-	-	95.5	-	-	94.6	-	-	91.6	-	-	94.8
1986			-	-	91.5	-	-	91.4	-	-	80.9	-	-	84.8
1987			-	-	82.1	-	-	84.6	-	-	81.6	-	-	89.0
1988			-	-	89.6	-	-	97.3	-	-	111.8	-	-	107.6
1989			-	-	110.7	-	-	108.7	-	-	103.9	-	-	101.9
1990			-	-	101.1	-	-	102.4	-	-	96.2	-	-	93.3
1991			-	-	96.4	-	-	99.0	-	-	98.0	-	-	100.3
1992			-	-	104.3	-	-	101.0	-	-	98.8	96.8	97.4	98.2
1993			99.1	98.1	97.7	97.9	99.3	96.1	100.1	100.4	100.4	101.2	103.6	105.9
1994			108.8	105.6	106.7	104.4	106.1	102.0	100.9	100.9	100.6	102.1	103.4	104.9
1995			103.8	104.8	106.3	109.3	110.5	112.1	118.0	117.5	121.6	124.3	126.1	126.5
1996			128.8	129.3	131.8	138.4	143.4	140.4	137.6	136.6	123.4	121.5	118.8	117.3
1997			115.9	117.7	119.0	118.7	116.5	113.3	112.5	114.7	114.4	113.3	112.3	111.3
1998			109.2	106.4	106.4	104.5	105.0	104.6	106.2	103.1	99.8	100.9	102.6	103.0
1999			104.0	102.6	101.1	101.5	102.6	102.6	100.5	100.8	99.6	99.5	99.3	98.5
2000			99.3	99.9	99.9	100.7	101.6	100.6	98.7	96.2	98.8	100.2	101.8	102.1
2001			103.3	101.9	102.5	101.9	101.2	101.1	101.8	102.6	103.3	102.7	100.9	101.2
2002			102.7	100.0	100.3	100.6	99.7	99.8	101.1	103.4	107.7	106.4	106.7	105.8
2003			105.6	106.1	105.9	105.5	108.0	107.5	107.1	107.6	112.1	112.4	115.2	116.5
2004			117.0	119.9	122.7	126.1	126.7	123.9	119.8	116.4	117.6	118.3	118.7	118.1
2005			118.2	118.3	120.1	121.1	123.9	124.3	124.3	124.2	123.8	125.2	123.7	122.8

Meat and meat preparations	01	1.310
1983			-	-	61.8	-	-	62.1	-	-	62.3	-	-	62.5
1984			-	-	67.3	-	-	67.2	-	-	65.2	-	-	64.5
1985			-	-	64.4	-	-	65.0	-	-	65.6	-	-	68.1
1986			-	-	67.4	-	-	69.2	-	-	73.2	-	-	75.3
1987			-	-	75.6	-	-	79.7	-	-	78.1	-	-	76.8
1988			-	-	80.8	-	-	86.2	-	-	90.1	-	-	85.7
1989			-	-	87.4	-	-	84.3	-	-	78.5	-	-	76.9
1990			-	-	82.8	-	-	81.4	-	-	81.8	-	-	84.7
1991			-	-	85.0	-	-	84.2	-	-	85.3	-	-	82.8
1992			-	-	86.6	-	-	87.7	-	-	86.4	85.7	87.8	88.2
1993			91.5	90.9	89.8	89.1	92.6	92.2	91.4	91.3	88.4	86.8	88.7	88.5
1994			88.2	87.9	91.3	91.2	91.7	88.7	87.0	87.5	89.0	89.9	92.9	90.1
1995			90.4	89.9	92.9	93.8	93.4	95.7	97.0	97.7	99.4	98.2	100.3	101.4
1996			97.0	94.1	94.0	95.8	94.3	97.4	94.6	96.7	94.4	94.7	94.2	93.7
1997			91.4	90.6	92.4	92.7	91.8	91.3	91.7	92.2	91.3	91.2	92.1	90.7
1998			87.6	87.1	88.3	88.4	89.8	93.7	93.8	94.3	92.3	89.9	87.0	86.2
1999			86.4	89.4	86.2	85.2	86.1	87.6	90.3	93.2	93.4	93.3	93.6	96.7
2000			95.9	93.9	95.3	97.9	100.8	104.8	103.7	99.4	100.8	103.0	103.1	101.5
2001			101.1	102.6	102.6	105.2	106.2	106.1	105.7	106.4	107.8	107.8	99.2	97.8
2002			93.1	91.3	93.2	91.9	91.6	90.0	87.8	88.7	89.8	89.1	87.8	90.3
2003			90.4	95.4	96.4	97.9	101.5	102.9	104.6	108.9	117.2	123.5	125.6	123.0
2004			122.8	125.0	127.1	127.6	127.7	127.3	123.0	126.1	124.8	126.9	125.4	124.6
2005			121.3	125.1	128.5	132.9	140.1	140.2	137.8	139.2	142.7	142.8	141.6	136.9

Meat, not of bovine animals, and edible offal, fresh/chilled/frozen	012	0.761
1992			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	86.4
1993			-	-	89.5	-	-	90.3	-	-	89.2	-	-	91.6
1994			-	-	95.3	-	-	93.9	-	-	93.6	-	-	91.8
1995			89.8	88.9	91.9	93.6	91.4	93.4	95.0	98.0	100.9	98.9	100.3	103.0
1996			101.0	95.6	95.5	98.8	99.2	102.0	101.1	105.4	102.4	103.7	100.0	96.5
1997			93.1	93.3	94.8	94.6	93.0	92.3	94.3	94.5	92.6	93.3	93.9	90.1
1998			87.6	88.2	92.3	91.7	91.3	99.1	99.9	101.3	98.9	93.5	89.0	85.9
1999			86.6	91.8	86.6	85.3	86.2	84.9	87.5	87.6	88.1	88.4	87.7	89.3
2000			95.0	93.0	93.3	95.9	98.4	105.7	104.6	100.1	103.6	105.0	103.9	101.5
2001			100.7	103.2	101.9	106.8	109.9	108.2	112.0	113.6	113.5	113.3	103.6	98.1
2002			94.9	90.3	89.5	88.2	88.8	86.3	83.6	85.5	84.5	84.0	80.1	81.8
2003			80.0	85.6	86.8	87.8	90.9	93.1	98.3	103.1	111.7	116.9	118.9	111.2
2004			113.6	118.8	124.3	130.6	132.7	129.1	122.8	128.1	125.8	128.1	125.9	123.8
2005			121.1	125.9	127.8	133.9	145.0	148.8	147.3	153.3	157.9	157.8	156.0	142.7

Fish, crustaceans, aquatic invertebrates and preparations thereof	03	0.488
1983			-	-	66.7	-	-	64.4	-	-	65.2	-	-	67.0
1984			-	-	66.6	-	-	65.9	-	-	65.4	-	-	65.9
1985			-	-	66.7	-	-	69.2	-	-	68.8	-	-	68.8
1986			-	-	68.5	-	-	74.3	-	-	76.5	-	-	79.2
1987			-	-	80.1	-	-	86.0	-	-	89.6	-	-	94.7
1988			-	-	96.3	-	-	99.2	-	-	120.3	-	-	119.0
1989			-	-	115.6	-	-	108.7	-	-	93.8	-	-	90.4
1990			-	-	89.9	-	-	86.8	-	-	88.8	-	-	87.2
1991			-	-	86.7	-	-	83.5	-	-	77.6	-	-	83.2
1992			-	-	90.0	-	-	86.5	-	-	84.5	-	-	80.0
1993			-	-	81.5	-	-	85.1	-	-	79.8	-	-	77.8
1994			79.4	77.6	83.1	88.5	91.6	86.5	87.1	94.1	93.4	98.1	98.7	97.8
1995			98.1	101.8	106.8	107.4	106.8	107.1	106.4	104.4	105.6	104.6	100.2	96.3
1996			93.8	93.6	91.2	88.2	89.1	92.8	96.5	98.3	96.9	97.5	100.5	100.5
1997			99.2	93.6	92.5	90.8	89.2	88.5	89.9	99.6	102.9	102.7	99.1	96.6
1998			93.0	83.8	86.0	85.5	85.1	83.8	93.4	100.8	99.5	100.6	100.1	99.3
1999			101.1	102.4	109.8	117.3	125.2	123.0	112.8	102.8	100.8	102.7	101.8	102.6
2000			100.2	102.0	98.9	97.8	98.4	100.6	98.8	102.1	100.1	102.2	100.5	98.4
2001			101.2	98.8	99.0	95.9	91.0	90.8	93.8	87.8	90.4	89.2	88.4	88.6
2002			92.4	91.0	94.3	91.4	91.4	97.9	97.4	97.4	98.6	99.5	99.7	101.7
2003			103.1	104.6	108.2	105.5	107.8	108.2	107.3	108.5	103.3	99.6	101.1	103.1
2004			104.1	105.4	107.2	110.0	110.3	108.6	107.4	107.6	108.8	108.3	108.3	110.3
2005			110.6	109.8	111.2	109.8	110.0	110.1	112.8	115.2	114.8	115.3	116.0	116.6

Cereals and cereal preparations	04	1.622
1980			-	-	140.8	-	-	132.2	-	-	163.7	-	-	171.5
1981			-	-	163.4	-	-	156.2	-	-	144.1	-	-	137.3
1982			-	-	132.7	-	-	131.5	-	-	123.9	-	-	127.3
1983			-	-	136.5	-	-	145.8	-	-	157.0	-	-	148.7
1984			-	-	144.6	-	-	151.3	-	-	142.5	-	-	130.8
1985			-	-	130.3	-	-	127.3	-	-	116.4	-	-	122.7
1986			-	-	113.9	-	-	110.6	-	-	82.4	-	-	90.0
1987			-	-	84.8	-	-	88.2	-	-	84.2	-	-	96.1
1988			-	-	99.1	-	-	108.3	-	-	134.7	-	-	126.7
1989			-	-	134.6	-	-	132.2	-	-	126.0	-	-	125.5
1990			-	-	122.1	-	-	126.5	-	-	112.4	-	-	104.7
1991			-	-	107.9	-	-	112.7	-	-	112.7	-	-	119.6
1992			-	-	127.4	-	-	122.0	-	-	115.3	111.5	111.4	114.2
1993			114.0	113.3	112.7	113.6	114.1	105.8	115.9	115.8	111.8	115.8	123.7	129.4
1994			137.1	130.8	130.4	123.3	125.5	118.5	111.4	109.1	111.9	116.0	117.3	121.0
1995			119.7	121.8	120.1	124.3	129.0	133.2	144.4	143.2	149.6	157.4	165.3	167.9
1996			174.2	177.9	183.0	201.9	213.9	203.3	195.8	190.9	152.6	146.0	141.8	140.4
1997			137.9	143.6	146.4	145.9	139.2	128.9	125.6	130.2	132.7	130.6	132.6	131.9
1998			124.2	127.8	126.3	120.3	120.0	115.4	114.9	104.5	98.0	102.5	109.2	110.2
1999			110.8	108.7	105.9	107.1	106.4	106.0	99.1	102.4	101.5	97.0	97.9	95.7
2000			99.2	103.4	103.9	103.4	104.7	100.0	93.4	89.4	94.7	98.9	103.3	105.8
2001			110.1	106.7	107.9	104.2	104.3	102.6	102.2	104.5	106.4	103.9	105.2	107.2
2002			108.4	106.0	105.4	105.2	103.8	106.5	112.7	119.9	133.4	130.5	131.7	126.3
2003			123.0	123.2	122.2	120.0	124.2	118.5	115.4	115.7	124.2	119.4	125.6	130.8
2004			131.6	135.2	139.6	147.7	146.0	141.2	128.0	120.6	122.0	115.6	113.1	116.4
2005			119.2	116.2	121.4	116.9	116.1	118.7	120.5	118.4	117.0	121.7	119.9	121.1

Wheat (including spelt) and meslin, unmilled	041	0.552
1980			-	-	148.5	-	-	137.1	-	-	155.5	-	-	167.7
1981			-	-	154.6	-	-	142.7	-	-	142.1	-	-	148.8
1982			-	-	138.1	-	-	129.7	-	-	130.6	-	-	136.4
1983			-	-	135.0	-	-	135.3	-	-	137.7	-	-	129.5
1984			-	-	126.8	-	-	132.9	-	-	130.7	-	-	129.2
1985			-	-	126.6	-	-	120.4	-	-	112.5	-	-	123.0
1986			-	-	116.3	-	-	97.3	-	-	87.7	-	-	94.5
1987			-	-	90.7	-	-	80.5	-	-	87.3	-	-	88.0
1988			-	-	81.4	-	-	106.0	-	-	131.7	-	-	132.2
1989			-	-	141.2	-	-	140.1	-	-	140.1	-	-	134.0
1990			-	-	120.4	-	-	116.9	-	-	99.8	-	-	79.9
1991			-	-	74.2	-	-	95.1	-	-	87.8	-	-	113.5
1992			-	-	116.6	-	-	113.0	-	-	117.7	-	-	119.8
1993			-	-	114.6	-	-	98.1	-	-	108.5	-	-	104.0
1994			117.0	107.3	112.1	102.7	117.5	95.1	99.6	104.3	109.9	129.2	132.3	131.9
1995			124.7	125.3	117.9	122.8	130.8	132.5	155.3	153.9	161.9	168.0	174.3	177.7
1996			174.8	183.4	182.8	199.5	205.8	188.0	171.5	163.4	147.7	149.1	148.0	144.8
1997			144.1	141.6	145.3	155.8	143.7	126.7	123.3	133.1	134.8	130.5	132.6	131.9
1998			121.0	124.4	122.2	118.2	115.5	109.6	106.7	95.2	92.0	104.9	112.0	111.2
1999			110.6	106.6	102.2	104.5	102.1	101.4	96.5	99.1	103.3	99.0	99.0	92.9
2000			95.3	99.4	98.1	96.9	101.2	99.4	98.6	91.0	98.8	105.1	106.7	109.4
2001			111.8	109.8	112.8	108.2	112.7	111.3	106.7	107.0	109.6	111.5	115.0	113.0
2002			117.2	112.7	111.8	113.5	109.7	113.5	124.8	131.4	155.8	158.1	159.1	145.1
2003			135.0	135.3	132.7	125.0	130.9	121.4	117.0	128.5	132.1	127.6	133.4	143.4
2004			141.1	139.1	140.0	147.6	146.5	136.2	130.3	123.0	126.3	128.4	132.8	131.5
2005			134.7	132.9	137.2	128.5	128.3	130.0	129.6	127.1	129.9	141.2	137.0	137.9

Maize (not including sweet corn) unmilled	044	0.601
1980			-	-	143.4	-	-	137.1	-	-	184.6	-	-	184.9
1981			-	-	177.0	-	-	173.8	-	-	154.6	-	-	139.8
1982			-	-	140.5	-	-	143.4	-	-	129.1	-	-	131.7
1983			-	-	148.9	-	-	165.5	-	-	186.7	-	-	177.1
1984			-	-	171.2	-	-	180.4	-	-	168.7	-	-	144.6
1985			-	-	143.7	-	-	143.0	-	-	129.7	-	-	133.5
1986			-	-	120.7	-	-	130.8	-	-	83.4	-	-	93.2
1987			-	-	85.7	-	-	99.3	-	-	87.4	-	-	102.8
1988			-	-	110.0	-	-	115.1	-	-	151.4	-	-	135.8
1989			-	-	145.3	-	-	139.5	-	-	126.4	-	-	130.6
1990			-	-	132.1	-	-	144.0	-	-	128.1	-	-	126.2
1991			-	-	133.1	-	-	129.6	-	-	133.5	-	-	128.7
1992			-	-	140.6	-	-	135.5	130.5	117.1	120.0	113.4	114.0	116.0
1993			115.5	115.0	117.1	123.9	122.3	116.3	124.9	127.6	120.8	125.3	138.3	150.4
1994			156.3	150.7	147.6	141.1	135.5	140.0	123.5	116.6