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Import/Export Price Indexes

The International Price Program (IPP) produces Import/Export Price Indexes (MXP) containing data on changes in the prices of nonmilitary goods and services traded between the U.S. and the rest of the world.

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U.S. import and export price indexes, 12-month percent change
Month	All imports	Fuel imports	Nonfuel imports	All exports	Agricultural exports	Nonagricultural exports
Apr 2002	-3.6%	-3.7%		-1.9%	-1.2%	-2.0%
May 2002	-3.7%	-5.2%		-1.6%	-1.3%	-1.7%
June 2002	-3.6%	-5.6%		-1.4%	-0.2%	-1.5%
July 2002	-1.7%	3.9%		-0.7%	1.6%	-0.9%
Aug 2002	-1.3%	5.5%		-0.3%	2.3%	-0.6%
Sept 2002	-0.4%	11.7%		-0.2%	6.0%	-0.6%
Oct 2002	1.9%	32.6%		0.4%	5.9%	0.0%
Nov 2002	2.5%	36.7%		1.0%	9.6%	0.3%
Dec 2002	4.2%	53.7%	0.0%	1.0%	8.0%	0.4%
Jan 2003	5.8%	69.1%	0.1%	1.4%	7.3%	1.0%
Feb 2003	7.5%	83.5%	0.5%	2.3%	9.8%	1.6%
Mar 2003	6.8%	63.9%	0.6%	2.2%	8.7%	1.6%
Apr 2003	1.8%	14.0%	0.4%	1.6%	8.3%	1.2%
May 2003	1.0%	7.2%	0.2%	1.7%	11.2%	1.0%
June 2003	2.2%	16.9%	0.4%	1.5%	9.2%	0.9%
July 2003	2.3%	17.9%	0.5%	1.1%	6.3%	0.7%
Aug 2003	2.0%	14.9%	0.3%	0.9%	3.4%	0.8%
Sept 2003	0.7%	3.3%	0.5%	1.0%	5.6%	0.6%
Oct 2003	0.8%	3.5%	0.6%	1.3%	10.2%	0.6%
Nov 2003	2.3%	13.6%	1.0%	1.7%	12.4%	0.8%
Dec 2003	2.4%	13.2%	1.0%	2.2%	13.4%	1.3%
Jan 2004	2.2%	6.8%	1.5%	2.6%	14.0%	1.6%
Feb 2004	0.9%	-3.2%	1.8%	2.7%	16.1%	1.6%
Mar 2004	1.1%	-4.0%	2.1%	3.3%	20.7%	1.8%
Apr 2004	4.6%	21.5%	2.4%	4.1%	23.3%	2.4%
May 2004	6.9%	38.0%	2.8%	4.4%	20.9%	2.9%
June 2004	5.7%	30.5%	2.4%	3.9%	15.8%	2.8%
July 2004	5.6%	28.2%	2.3%	4.5%	14.7%	3.7%
Aug 2004	7.1%	37.6%	2.8%	4.0%	6.2%	3.9%
Sept 2004	8.2%	47.1%	2.8%	4.0%	2.5%	4.3%
Oct 2004	9.9%	60.6%	2.7%	4.4%	-1.0%	5.0%
Nov 2004	9.0%	53.9%	2.6%	4.2%	-4.5%	5.2%
Dec 2004	6.7%	31.5%	3.0%	4.0%	-5.9%	5.0%
Jan 2005	5.7%	22.3%	3.0%	4.0%	-6.0%	5.1%
Feb 2005	6.1%	26.5%	2.7%	3.4%	-7.8%	4.6%
Mar 2005	7.6%	37.8%	2.5%	3.3%	-7.6%	4.5%
Apr 2005	8.4%	43.4%	2.4%	3.1%	-9.5%	4.5%
May 2005	5.9%	26.6%	2.0%	2.5%	-8.2%	3.7%
June 2005	7.4%	36.0%	2.1%	3.2%	-2.7%	3.8%
July 2005	8.2%	43.5%	1.8%	2.8%	-1.7%	3.2%
Aug 2005	8.2%	42.7%	1.3%	3.1%	6.7%	2.8%
Sept 2005	9.9%	51.9%	1.4%	3.6%	3.3%	3.6%
Oct 2005	8.2%	37.7%	1.6%	3.7%	4.8%	3.6%
Nov 2005	6.4%	30.0%	1.4%	2.8%	4.2%	2.6%
Dec 2005	8.0%	43.5%	1.1%	2.8%	4.9%	2.6%
Jan 2006	8.7%	48.6%	0.9%	2.7%	4.8%	2.6%
Feb 2006	6.9%	37.4%	0.8%	2.7%	4.6%	2.7%
Mar 2006	4.5%	21.7%	0.7%	2.3%	0.7%	2.5%
Apr 2006	5.8%	27.8%	0.6%	2.5%	-0.1%	2.6%
May 2006	8.6%	41.0%	1.5%	3.5%	-1.5%	3.9%
June 2006	7.4%	29.3%	2.2%	4.2%	0.2%	4.6%
July 2006	7.0%	24.3%	2.5%	4.5%	2.1%	4.7%
Aug 2006	6.0%	17.7%	2.9%	5.2%	3.7%	5.3%
Sept 2006	1.6%	-2.6%	2.9%	3.9%	4.6%	3.8%
Oct 2006	-1.0%	-13.2%	2.6%	2.9%	5.3%	2.6%
Nov 2006	1.3%	-4.2%	2.8%	3.9%	10.3%	3.4%
Dec 2006	2.5%	0.9%	2.9%	4.5%	13.5%	3.7%
Jan 2007	0.0%	-10.2%	2.8%	4.1%	13.5%	3.3%
Feb 2007	1.2%	-4.6%	2.5%	4.9%	17.5%	3.8%
Mar 2007	2.8%	4.0%	2.6%	5.4%	20.1%	4.3%
Apr 2007	2.1%	0.5%	2.7%	5.1%	18.9%	4.0%
May 2007	1.2%	-2.4%	2.4%	4.6%	18.1%	3.6%
June 2007	2.3%	3.5%	2.1%	4.3%	18.2%	3.2%
July 2007	2.8%	5.1%	2.4%	4.0%	17.8%	2.9%
Aug 2007	1.9%	1.3%	2.4%	3.7%	17.9%	2.5%
Sept 2007	4.8%	15.6%	2.1%	4.5%	23.4%	2.9%
Oct 2007	9.1%	36.5%	2.7%	5.6%	26.8%	3.9%
Nov 2007	12.0%	50.8%	3.0%	6.2%	23.0%	4.7%
Dec 2007	10.6%	42.1%	3.1%	6.0%	23.3%	4.5%
Jan 2008	13.6%	58.8%	3.5%	6.8%	28.5%	4.9%
Feb 2008	13.5%	54.6%	4.3%	6.9%	30.7%	4.8%
Mar 2008	15.2%	57.0%	5.1%	7.9%	34.0%	5.5%
Apr 2008	16.9%	59.7%	6.0%	8.0%	33.3%	5.7%
May 2008	19.1%	70.2%	6.0%	8.1%	33.6%	5.7%
June 2008	21.3%	77.9%	6.4%	8.7%	33.1%	6.5%
July 2008	21.4%	75.2%	6.7%	10.2%	39.7%	7.6%
Aug 2008	18.1%	60.7%	6.6%	8.3%	25.0%	6.8%
Sept 2008	13.1%	38.5%	6.1%	7.0%	20.1%	5.8%
Oct 2008	4.9%	4.5%	4.8%	4.0%	6.0%	3.8%
Nov 2008	-5.9%	-32.9%	2.6%	-0.3%	-2.7%	0.0%
Dec 2008	-10.1%	-47.0%	1.2%	-2.9%	-10.9%	-2.2%
Jan 2009	-12.5%	-51.4%	-0.3%	-3.4%	-10.0%	-2.7%
Feb 2009	-12.7%	-49.8%	-1.2%	-4.5%	-15.4%	-3.4%
Mar 2009	-14.9%	-50.7%	-2.8%	-6.7%	-22.0%	-5.0%
Apr 2009	-16.4%	-50.8%	-3.8%	-6.7%	-17.5%	-5.4%
May 2009	-17.3%	-50.7%	-4.1%	-6.6%	-14.7%	-5.6%
June 2009	-17.5%	-47.6%	-4.5%	-6.6%	-13.1%	-5.9%
July 2009	-19.1%	-50.6%	-5.3%	-8.3%	-22.5%	-6.6%
Aug 2009	-15.3%	-41.0%	-5.1%	-6.2%	-14.1%	-5.3%
Sept 2009	-12.0%	-34.0%	-4.2%	-5.6%	-16.7%	-4.4%
Oct 2009	-5.6%	-14.2%	-3.1%	-3.6%	-9.7%	-2.9%
Nov 2009	3.4%	26.4%	-1.1%	0.4%	0.7%	0.3%
Dec 2009	8.6%	62.2%	0.3%	3.4%	9.2%	2.9%
Jan 2010	11.4%	77.8%	1.3%	3.5%	4.4%	3.3%
Feb 2010	11.3%	72.0%	1.9%	3.4%	2.0%	3.6%
Mar 2010	11.2%	61.7%	2.7%	4.9%	7.7%	4.6%
Apr 2010	11.2%	54.4%	3.2%	5.5%	3.5%	5.7%
May 2010	8.5%	33.5%	3.5%	5.6%	1.5%	5.8%
June 2010	4.3%	10.7%	2.9%	3.7%	-2.6%	4.4%
July 2010	4.9%	14.7%	2.8%	3.9%	2.3%	4.1%
Aug 2010	3.8%	8.4%	2.7%	4.1%	6.4%	3.9%
Sept 2010	3.6%	8.1%	2.5%	4.9%	12.2%	4.3%
Oct 2010	3.9%	9.5%	2.5%	5.8%	16.2%	4.8%
Nov 2010	4.1%	8.0%	3.0%	6.5%	20.3%	5.1%
Dec 2010	5.3%	14.2%	3.0%	6.5%	20.5%	5.1%
Jan 2011	5.6%	13.9%	3.4%	7.0%	22.7%	5.4%
Feb 2011	7.6%	21.1%	3.8%	8.7%	33.6%	6.3%
Mar 2011	10.3%	31.0%	4.4%	9.5%	34.0%	7.1%
Apr 2011	11.9%	37.3%	4.6%	9.2%	33.9%	6.8%
May 2011	12.9%	43.7%	4.5%	9.1%	30.4%	7.0%
June 2011	13.6%	46.1%	5.0%	10.1%	31.4%	8.0%
July 2011	13.7%	44.8%	5.4%	9.8%	26.4%	8.2%
Aug 2011	12.9%	40.3%	5.4%	9.4%	23.2%	8.0%
Sept 2011	12.7%	40.9%	5.4%	9.4%	22.7%	7.9%
Oct 2011	11.1%	34.3%	4.8%	6.3%	11.5%	5.8%
Nov 2011	10.1%	32.4%	3.7%	4.8%	5.4%	4.8%
Dec 2011	8.5%	24.9%	3.4%	3.6%	1.0%	4.0%
Jan 2012	6.9%	19.8%	2.9%	2.6%	-0.9%	3.2%
Feb 2012	5.1%	13.4%	2.4%	1.8%	-5.7%	2.8%
Mar 2012	3.5%	7.9%	2.0%	1.1%	-5.4%	1.9%
Apr 2012	0.8%	-0.5%	1.3%	0.7%	-3.1%	1.2%
May 2012	-0.8%	-5.5%	0.9%	-0.2%	-1.6%	0.0%
June 2012	-2.5%	-11.5%	0.6%	-2.1%	-5.8%	-1.6%
July 2012	-3.3%	-13.4%	0.0%	-1.3%	3.9%	-1.9%
Aug 2012	-1.8%	-6.1%	-0.4%	-0.9%	7.1%	-1.9%
Sept 2012	-0.6%	-1.5%	-0.4%	-0.6%	6.4%	-1.5%
Oct 2012	0.0%	-0.8%	0.1%	1.5%	11.9%	0.2%
Nov 2012	-1.4%	-6.2%	0.2%	0.8%	10.6%	-0.3%
Dec 2012	-2.0%	-7.9%	0.0%	1.1%	13.4%	-0.3%
Jan 2013	-1.5%	-6.0%	0.0%	1.2%	10.7%	0.0%
Feb 2013	-0.6%	-2.5%	0.1%	1.5%	13.4%	0.0%
Mar 2013	-2.1%	-6.6%	-0.4%	0.2%	8.7%	-0.8%
Apr 2013	-2.7%	-8.1%	-0.7%	-0.8%	4.3%	-1.5%
May 2013	-1.8%	-4.3%	-1.1%	-0.8%	5.0%	-1.6%
June 2013	0.1%	3.8%	-1.0%	0.8%	9.6%	-0.2%
July 2013	0.9%	7.7%	-1.0%	0.3%	3.1%	-0.2%
Aug 2013	0.0%	4.1%	-1.0%	-1.1%	-5.6%	-0.6%
Sept 2013	-0.7%	1.2%	-1.2%	-1.6%	-6.3%	-0.9%
Oct 2013	-1.6%	-2.2%	-1.3%	-2.2%	-5.9%	-1.7%
Nov 2013	-1.8%	-4.1%	-1.2%	-1.5%	-6.6%	-0.9%
Dec 2013	-1.1%	-1.2%	-1.2%	-1.0%	-6.4%	-0.4%
Jan 2014	-1.3%	-2.2%	-1.1%	-1.0%	-5.3%	-0.5%
Feb 2014	-1.1%	-0.1%	-1.2%	-1.0%	-5.9%	-0.5%
Mar 2014	-0.5%	1.0%	-0.7%	0.4%	-1.4%	0.5%
Apr 2014	-0.4%	0.8%	-0.6%	-0.1%	2.2%	-0.2%
May 2014	0.5%	3.8%	-0.2%	0.6%	1.4%	0.5%
June 2014	1.2%	6.2%	0.0%	0.2%	-1.2%	0.3%
July 2014	0.9%	2.9%	0.5%	0.4%	-2.7%	0.7%
Aug 2014	-0.3%	-3.5%	0.7%	0.4%	-1.6%	0.5%
Sept 2014	-1.4%	-7.9%	0.4%	-0.4%	-3.7%	-0.1%
Oct 2014	-2.1%	-11.2%	0.3%	-0.7%	-4.6%	-0.3%
Nov 2014	-3.1%	-15.9%	0.0%	-1.7%	-4.2%	-1.4%
Dec 2014	-5.6%	-29.1%	0.0%	-3.0%	-5.2%	-2.8%
Jan 2015	-8.9%	-43.8%	-0.9%	-5.0%	-6.4%	-4.9%
Feb 2015	-10.2%	-47.9%	-1.1%	-5.8%	-9.7%	-5.3%
Mar 2015	-10.8%	-47.7%	-1.8%	-6.7%	-13.7%	-5.8%
Apr 2015	-10.5%	-45.3%	-2.2%	-6.3%	-15.7%	-5.3%
May 2015	-9.7%	-40.1%	-2.2%	-6.0%	-17.0%	-4.7%
June 2015	-9.9%	-40.1%	-2.3%	-5.8%	-16.8%	-4.5%
July 2015	-10.5%	-42.9%	-2.6%	-6.2%	-14.4%	-5.3%
Aug 2015	-11.4%	-48.2%	-2.9%	-7.1%	-13.9%	-6.3%
Sept 2015	-11.6%	-50.8%	-3.0%	-7.3%	-13.8%	-6.6%
Oct 2015	-10.7%	-47.4%	-3.2%	-6.7%	-11.8%	-6.1%
Nov 2015	-9.5%	-44.3%	-3.2%	-6.5%	-12.7%	-5.8%
Dec 2015	-8.3%	-41.0%	-3.4%	-6.6%	-12.9%	-5.9%
Jan 2016	-6.5%	-37.7%	-2.9%	-5.9%	-12.8%	-5.1%
Feb 2016	-6.6%	-40.8%	-2.8%	-6.1%	-10.2%	-5.8%
Mar 2016	-6.1%	-36.7%	-2.5%	-6.2%	-10.7%	-5.8%
Apr 2016	-5.3%	-31.7%	-2.0%	-5.1%	-9.1%	-4.7%
May 2016	-5.2%	-30.6%	-1.8%	-4.5%	-5.2%	-4.4%
June 2016	-4.7%	-24.5%	-1.8%	-3.5%	-1.3%	-3.8%
July 2016	-3.7%	-21.3%	-1.2%	-3.0%	-2.6%	-3.0%
Aug 2016	-2.2%	-12.9%	-0.9%	-2.4%	-3.5%	-2.3%
Sept 2016	-1.1%	-3.7%	-0.6%	-1.5%	-3.1%	-1.3%
Oct 2016	-0.2%	3.1%	-0.3%	-1.1%	-2.7%	-0.8%
Nov 2016	0.2%	6.1%	-0.2%	-0.2%	-1.1%	-0.2%
Dec 2016	1.9%	24.7%	0.2%	1.3%	-0.3%	1.4%
Jan 2017	3.8%	56.9%	0.2%	2.4%	1.3%	2.4%
Feb 2017	4.7%	68.9%	0.6%	3.2%	2.1%	3.3%
Mar 2017	4.1%	50.9%	0.9%	3.4%	5.4%	3.2%
Apr 2017	3.6%	36.9%	1.0%	3.1%	4.6%	3.0%
May 2017	2.3%	20.4%	0.9%	1.4%	-0.1%	1.6%
June 2017	1.4%	5.1%	1.1%	0.6%	-3.8%	1.0%
July 2017	1.2%	6.3%	0.7%	0.9%	-1.8%	1.1%
Aug 2017	2.0%	14.4%	1.0%	2.3%	1.7%	2.4%
Sept 2017	2.7%	19.4%	1.3%	2.8%	2.1%	2.8%
Oct 2017	2.4%	12.4%	1.4%	2.7%	3.6%	2.6%
Nov 2017	3.5%	24.8%	1.5%	3.1%	2.1%	3.3%
Dec 2017	3.2%	21.8%	1.3%	2.8%	1.9%	2.8%
Jan 2018	3.4%	18.5%	1.9%	3.3%	1.5%	3.5%
Feb 2018	3.3%	16.0%	2.0%	3.1%	0.7%	3.4%
Mar 2018	3.3%	16.4%	1.9%	3.4%	2.8%	3.5%
Apr 2018	3.5%	21.5%	1.7%	3.7%	1.6%	3.9%
May 2018	4.5%	30.1%	1.8%	5.0%	4.8%	4.9%
June 2018	4.7%	38.5%	1.5%	5.3%	5.3%	5.3%
July 2018	4.8%	41.0%	1.4%	4.3%	-1.9%	5.0%
Aug 2018	3.8%	32.7%	0.9%	3.6%	-1.5%	4.1%
Sept 2018	3.1%	25.6%	0.6%	2.7%	-2.1%	3.3%
Oct 2018	3.4%	29.3%	0.6%	3.1%	-4.1%	3.9%
Nov 2018	0.7%	3.5%	0.4%	1.8%	-1.7%	2.2%
Dec 2018	-0.9%	-13.1%	0.6%	1.1%	2.3%	1.0%
Jan 2019	-1.5%	-12.0%	-0.2%	-0.2%	0.1%	-0.2%
Feb 2019	-0.7%	-1.2%	-0.5%	0.2%	-0.3%	0.3%
Mar 2019	0.1%	8.7%	-0.8%	0.6%	-2.4%	0.9%
Apr 2019	-0.2%	6.5%	-0.9%	0.2%	-2.7%	0.5%
May 2019	-0.9%	3.9%	-1.4%	-0.9%	-5.3%	-0.3%
June 2019	-2.0%	-6.6%	-1.4%	-1.6%	-2.0%	-1.5%
July 2019	-2.0%	-7.2%	-1.2%	-0.9%	3.5%	-1.5%
Aug 2019	-2.1%	-9.2%	-1.1%	-1.4%	0.6%	-1.6%
Sept 2019	-2.1%	-8.3%	-1.2%	-1.7%	0.2%	-1.9%
Oct 2019	-3.0%	-12.7%	-1.5%	-2.2%	2.0%	-2.7%
Nov 2019	-1.2%	1.6%	-1.4%	-1.3%	2.7%	-1.7%
Dec 2019	0.5%	18.6%	-1.4%	-0.9%	-1.2%	-0.8%
Jan 2020	0.5%	13.2%	-0.9%	0.4%	3.1%	0.2%
Feb 2020	-1.3%	-6.6%	-0.8%	-1.4%	-0.1%	-1.6%
Mar 2020	-4.2%	-36.0%	-0.6%	-3.5%	-2.4%	-3.7%
Apr 2020	-6.8%	-56.6%	-1.0%	-7.0%	-4.3%	-7.2%
May 2020	-6.3%	-52.3%	-0.7%	-6.7%	-3.7%	-7.0%
June 2020	-4.0%	-37.5%	-0.2%	-4.5%	-4.5%	-4.5%
July 2020	-2.8%	-28.2%	0.0%	-3.7%	-3.1%	-3.8%
Aug 2020	-1.4%	-22.3%	0.8%	-2.7%	-2.9%	-2.6%
Sept 2020	-1.3%	-26.7%	1.4%	-1.8%	1.4%	-2.2%
Oct 2020	-1.0%	-26.2%	1.6%	-1.7%	3.2%	-2.1%
Nov 2020	-1.0%	-24.6%	1.6%	-1.0%	4.3%	-1.6%
Dec 2020	-0.3%	-20.1%	1.9%	0.4%	5.4%	-0.1%
Jan 2021	1.0%	-12.8%	2.6%	2.5%	9.6%	1.6%
Feb 2021	3.0%	6.4%	2.8%	5.4%	15.9%	4.3%
Mar 2021	7.1%	56.4%	3.8%	9.6%	20.4%	8.4%
Apr 2021	10.9%	130.7%	5.2%	15.0%	25.5%	13.7%
May 2021	11.6%	113.1%	6.1%	17.6%	33.7%	15.8%
June 2021	11.3%	85.3%	6.5%	16.9%	33.4%	15.1%
July 2021	10.2%	65.6%	6.3%	17.0%	29.1%	15.6%
Aug 2021	9.0%	56.1%	5.6%	16.6%	33.2%	14.8%
Sept 2021	9.3%	69.8%	5.1%	16.3%	27.6%	15.1%
Oct 2021	11.0%	90.6%	5.6%	18.3%	24.7%	17.6%
Nov 2021	11.8%	87.0%	6.4%	18.1%	21.9%	17.7%
Dec 2021	10.3%	60.9%	6.4%	14.9%	21.5%	14.1%
Jan 2022	10.8%	58.4%	7.0%	15.0%	18.0%	14.6%
Feb 2022	11.4%	57.9%	7.4%	16.8%	18.1%	16.6%
Mar 2022	13.0%	71.5%	7.7%	18.6%	20.3%	18.5%
Apr 2022	12.0%	64.3%	7.2%	18.0%	20.9%	17.6%

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Imports

All Commodities: unchanged in Apr 2022

Fuels & Lubricants: -2.4% in Apr 2022

All Imports Excluding Fuels: +0.4% in Apr 2022

Exports

All Commodities: +0.6% in Apr 2022

Agricultural Commodities: +1.1% in Apr 2022

Nonagricultural Commodities: +0.5% in Apr 2022

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U.S. import prices record no change in April; export prices advance 0.6%

05/13/2022

Prices for U.S. imports recorded no change in April, after advancing 2.9 percent in March. Export prices rose 0.6 percent in April following a 4.1-percent increase the previous month. Over the past year, import prices advanced 12.0 percent and export prices rose 18.0 percent.
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