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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 8. U.S. international price indexes for selected transportation services 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Category	Relative import- ance Sept. 2008(1)	Months
Category	Relative import- ance Sept. 2008(1)	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
Air Freight

Import Air Freight	100.000
1990		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	96.4	-	-	105.6
1991		-	-	104.5	-	-	100.4	-	-	99.8	-	-	101.8
1992		-	-	102.8	-	-	98.5	-	-	101.6	-	-	99.5
1993		-	-	97.5	-	-	104.2	-	-	104.5	-	-	103.8
1994		-	-	103.5	-	-	105.7	-	-	108.9	-	-	110.9
1995		-	-	115.8	-	-	118.7	-	-	112.9	-	-	115.1
1996		-	-	113.7	-	-	112.2	-	-	112.0	-	-	110.6
1997		-	-	104.1	-	-	104.5	-	-	102.5	-	-	100.1
1998		-	-	93.0	-	-	94.2	-	-	92.8	-	-	100.2
1999		-	-	101.5	-	-	98.7	-	-	100.6	-	-	102.8
2000		-	-	100.7	-	-	100.1	-	-	100.2	-	-	99.0
2001		-	-	98.9	-	-	96.0	-	-	95.9	-	-	95.6
2002		-	-	96.7	-	-	99.7	-	-	101.2	-	-	106.9
2003		-	-	110.2	-	-	111.5	-	-	116.8	-	-	114.9
2004		-	-	117.1	-	-	117.5	-	-	120.0	-	-	126.8
2005		-	-	128.6	-	-	128.4	-	-	129.7	-	-	128.9
2006		126.8	129.7	129.7	129.8	131.2	135.2	133.4	132.4	133.1	133.0	129.9	131.2
2007		132.3	130.8	130.7	131.1	132.5	132.3	132.3	134.0	134.2	135.3	138.2	141.8
2008		141.9	142.8	144.4	150.7	157.3	158.7	162.6	162.3	156.8	152.0	-	-

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)	29.922
2003		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2004		-	-	106.0	-	-	107.9	-	-	112.1	-	-	122.5
2005		-	-	120.9	-	-	120.6	-	-	122.6	-	-	120.0
2006		118.0	121.2	120.7	121.6	124.8	131.5	130.0	130.0	131.8	131.1	125.4	127.6
2007		130.9	129.1	129.4	128.1	132.1	132.0	132.0	135.2	134.5	137.4	142.9	148.2
2008		149.1	149.7	150.3	166.0	173.7	174.8	180.0	182.9	168.3	159.7	-	-

Asia	59.240
1990		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	77.7	-	-	84.9
1991		-	-	83.8	-	-	83.3	-	-	83.2	-	-	85.2
1992		-	-	86.6	-	-	81.1	-	-	82.5	-	-	84.2
1993		-	-	84.1	-	-	93.5	-	-	95.5	-	-	94.7
1994		-	-	94.8	-	-	96.9	-	-	99.3	-	-	100.2
1995		-	-	107.1	-	-	109.9	-	-	101.9	-	-	105.9
1996		-	-	105.1	-	-	104.1	-	-	102.7	-	-	100.7
1997		-	-	96.0	-	-	97.4	-	-	97.1	-	-	89.9
1998		-	-	81.0	-	-	81.4	-	-	79.5	-	-	89.0
1999		-	-	93.3	-	-	91.7	-	-	95.0	-	-	100.2
2000		-	-	99.7	-	-	100.7	-	-	100.7	-	-	99.0
2001		-	-	96.6	-	-	94.3	-	-	93.8	-	-	93.5
2002		-	-	93.0	-	-	94.3	-	-	97.2	-	-	103.8
2003		-	-	105.5	-	-	104.0	-	-	115.2	-	-	110.4
2004		-	-	110.0	-	-	108.6	-	-	109.3	-	-	113.0
2005		-	-	117.3	-	-	117.1	-	-	117.5	-	-	117.1
2006		115.1	116.4	117.5	117.4	117.4	119.8	117.5	115.7	115.5	115.9	114.5	115.1
2007		115.3	113.9	113.7	114.7	114.9	114.6	114.6	115.6	116.3	116.6	118.3	121.0
2008		120.7	121.7	123.9	126.5	129.1	129.3	131.8	129.5	127.6	126.6	-	-

Export Air Freight	100.000
1996		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	112.9
1997		-	-	111.1	-	-	110.4	-	-	109.0	-	-	105.4
1998		-	-	107.1	-	-	106.6	-	-	108.0	-	-	109.2
1999		-	-	102.1	-	-	102.5	-	-	100.8	-	-	99.1
2000		-	-	99.1	-	-	100.8	-	-	100.8	-	-	99.4
2001		-	-	99.7	-	-	98.4	-	-	98.6	-	-	97.9
2002		-	-	95.5	-	-	97.9	-	-	98.3	-	-	95.2
2003		-	-	96.3	-	-	95.2	-	-	95.1	-	-	95.4
2004		-	-	97.1	-	-	99.1	-	-	100.3	-	-	106.1
2005		-	-	106.4	-	-	110.1	-	-	110.9	-	-	112.0
2006		111.7	113.4	113.6	113.6	114.7	115.9	115.6	116.3	117.9	117.4	116.6	116.7
2007		118.6	117.0	117.0	117.3	117.5	117.0	117.7	118.3	119.8	122.3	123.5	127.1
2008		132.0	131.6	132.0	134.6	137.3	140.8	143.2	148.2	146.0	144.3	-	-

Europe (Dec. 2006=100)	43.288
2006		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2007		101.5	101.2	101.2	100.7	100.9	100.4	101.0	101.8	102.3	107.8	109.6	113.8
2008		123.2	123.2	123.5	126.7	130.8	135.6	138.9	142.1	139.8	135.7	-	-

Inbound Air Freight	100.000
1990		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	98.6	-	-	107.1
1991		-	-	105.3	-	-	103.4	-	-	103.3	-	-	105.8
1992		-	-	106.5	-	-	103.2	-	-	105.8	-	-	100.7
1993		-	-	98.7	-	-	104.9	-	-	105.1	-	-	104.6
1994		-	-	104.4	-	-	106.6	-	-	107.1	-	-	108.9
1995		-	-	113.6	-	-	116.5	-	-	111.0	-	-	111.7
1996		-	-	108.6	-	-	107.7	-	-	108.2	-	-	107.6
1997		-	-	101.3	-	-	101.8	-	-	100.3	-	-	97.9
1998		-	-	93.9	-	-	94.4	-	-	92.7	-	-	99.0
1999		-	-	99.6	-	-	97.6	-	-	99.5	-	-	102.8
2000		-	-	100.7	-	-	100.1	-	-	100.2	-	-	99.0
2001		-	-	97.9	-	-	95.1	-	-	94.9	-	-	95.1
2002		-	-	93.9	-	-	98.3	-	-	100.3	-	-	105.9
2003		-	-	108.8	-	-	109.4	-	-	112.5	-	-	112.9
2004		-	-	116.2	-	-	116.6	-	-	118.7	-	-	125.1
2005		-	-	126.3	-	-	125.6	-	-	127.5	-	-	124.6
2006		123.2	124.8	124.6	124.6	127.0	129.2	128.1	128.3	128.9	128.0	126.4	127.1
2007		128.0	126.6	126.6	126.9	127.6	127.3	127.4	129.4	129.6	131.1	134.1	138.1
2008		138.8	139.4	140.7	145.8	150.2	152.1	155.2	155.6	151.7	148.9	-	-

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)	31.451
2003		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2004		-	-	107.0	-	-	108.0	-	-	111.6	-	-	120.0
2005		-	-	120.0	-	-	119.7	-	-	121.2	-	-	116.0
2006		115.3	117.3	117.2	117.7	121.8	125.8	124.6	125.9	126.9	125.3	122.1	123.5
2007		126.7	125.1	125.5	124.6	127.5	127.4	127.1	130.5	129.8	133.0	138.8	143.9
2008		145.6	145.9	146.4	157.7	162.4	165.2	169.6	172.3	161.6	155.1	-	-

Asia	55.462
1990		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	87.9	-	-	93.1
1991		-	-	91.7	-	-	93.3	-	-	93.4	-	-	95.9
1992		-	-	97.1	-	-	92.3	-	-	93.7	-	-	92.4
1993		-	-	92.4	-	-	100.5	-	-	102.3	-	-	101.3
1994		-	-	100.9	-	-	103.0	-	-	102.0	-	-	103.0
1995		-	-	108.4	-	-	112.8	-	-	105.0	-	-	106.4
1996		-	-	104.5	-	-	104.1	-	-	103.4	-	-	101.7
1997		-	-	97.1	-	-	98.5	-	-	98.4	-	-	91.9
1998		-	-	88.0	-	-	86.8	-	-	84.2	-	-	92.5
1999		-	-	95.2	-	-	93.4	-	-	96.6	-	-	101.1
2000		-	-	99.8	-	-	100.6	-	-	100.6	-	-	99.0
2001		-	-	95.4	-	-	92.8	-	-	92.2	-	-	91.8
2002		-	-	89.1	-	-	92.2	-	-	95.7	-	-	102.2
2003		-	-	103.6	-	-	101.0	-	-	108.2	-	-	107.1
2004		-	-	107.3	-	-	106.8	-	-	107.8	-	-	112.0
2005		-	-	113.9	-	-	112.7	-	-	114.0	-	-	112.2
2006		110.6	111.0	111.0	110.8	111.9	112.7	111.5	110.8	110.9	110.8	110.3	110.6
2007		110.4	109.1	109.0	109.8	109.3	108.9	108.9	110.2	110.9	111.4	112.8	116.0
2008		116.2	116.9	118.5	120.7	122.7	123.4	125.3	124.3	123.5	122.5	-	-

Japan (Dec. 2006=100)	13.887
2006		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2007		99.9	97.7	97.7	99.8	98.7	97.7	96.5	97.5	101.0	102.4	102.4	107.3
2008		107.5	111.8	112.6	118.4	118.4	119.7	118.6	120.1	117.9	123.0	-	-

South Korea (Dec. 2007=100)	14.443
2007		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2008		99.8	99.7	102.0	100.4	104.7	106.4	111.1	106.8	106.8	103.0	-	-

Outbound Air Freight	100.000
1992		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	109.9	-	-	108.6
1993		-	-	106.9	-	-	106.1	-	-	105.0	-	-	105.9
1994		-	-	106.0	-	-	105.7	-	-	105.6	-	-	106.9
1995		-	-	108.2	-	-	108.1	-	-	108.6	-	-	107.8
1996		-	-	107.3	-	-	107.6	-	-	107.0	-	-	107.3
1997		-	-	108.0	-	-	107.3	-	-	107.7	-	-	105.7
1998		-	-	105.2	-	-	103.8	-	-	103.7	-	-	103.0
1999		-	-	100.3	-	-	100.4	-	-	100.3	-	-	99.2
2000		-	-	99.2	-	-	100.3	-	-	100.2	-	-	100.2
2001		-	-	100.1	-	-	98.0	-	-	97.6	-	-	97.8
2002		-	-	95.9	-	-	98.4	-	-	97.3	-	-	95.4
2003		-	-	97.2	-	-	95.4	-	-	95.5	-	-	94.9
2004		-	-	96.1	-	-	99.0	-	-	100.7	-	-	104.7
2005		-	-	103.8	-	-	107.2	-	-	112.4	-	-	112.0
2006		111.4	113.0	113.5	113.6	115.6	117.2	116.6	116.1	116.9	115.8	114.2	113.8
2007		113.3	112.4	112.3	113.2	114.3	114.3	114.9	116.2	117.0	118.9	121.0	124.3
2008		126.7	127.1	128.9	132.1	137.1	143.7	149.1	150.0	147.8	144.3	-	-

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)	41.641
2003		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0
2004		-	-	101.8	-	-	106.7	-	-	108.6	-	-	112.9
2005		-	-	114.2	-	-	118.9	-	-	126.1	-	-	126.4
2006		125.0	127.3	127.4	128.1	132.1	134.0	132.1	132.5	132.6	130.9	128.9	128.9
2007		127.6	126.7	126.6	127.8	129.0	129.5	130.3	131.4	131.6	134.0	137.6	141.4
2008		144.9	144.8	145.9	151.3	156.4	164.4	169.6	172.2	168.3	163.6	-	-

Asia	40.837
1992		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	120.9	-	-	118.6
1993		-	-	117.9	-	-	116.7	-	-	115.9	-	-	116.1
1994		-	-	115.9	-	-	115.5	-	-	115.4	-	-	116.7
1995		-	-	116.7	-	-	117.6	-	-	116.6	-	-	117.6
1996		-	-	117.9	-	-	118.0	-	-	116.9	-	-	117.3
1997		-	-	117.5	-	-	117.1	-	-	116.8	-	-	112.8
1998		-	-	111.8	-	-	108.2	-	-	107.1	-	-	105.1
1999		-	-	99.9	-	-	99.9	-	-	99.5	-	-	99.4
2000		-	-	99.2	-	-	100.3	-	-	100.1	-	-	100.3
2001		-	-	100.4	-	-	98.4	-	-	98.2	-	-	98.1
2002		-	-	95.5	-	-	98.7	-	-	96.5	-	-	95.1
2003		-	-	97.6	-	-	95.3	-	-	95.7	-	-	95.4
2004		-	-	96.0	-	-	97.6	-	-	98.5	-	-	103.7
2005		-	-	100.5	-	-	102.6	-	-	106.4	-	-	104.9
2006		104.7	105.2	105.9	105.7	107.4	109.2	109.4	108.0	107.4	106.6	104.9	104.1
2007		103.8	103.0	102.9	103.5	104.6	104.4	104.6	105.9	105.7	106.7	108.0	110.9
2008		112.6	113.3	115.7	117.3	122.6	128.8	134.4	133.2	132.4	129.2	-	-

Air Passenger Fares

Import Air Passenger Fares	100.000
1988		-	-	62.2	-	-	66.6	-	-	65.0	-	-	63.4
1989		-	-	62.9	-	-	64.9	-	-	65.5	-	-	63.5
1990		-	-	64.7	-	-	70.2	-	-	75.1	-<