U.S. international price indexes for selected transportation services 2000=100, unless otherwise noted
Category Relative
import-
ance
Nov.
2007(1) 		Months
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Air Passenger Fares

Inbound Air Passenger Fares (Dec. 2003=100)

 100.000                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   107.7 104.4 105.1 105.3 104.7 106.1 112.7 117.0 110.1 108.6 110.1 112.5

2005

   117.8 112.8 114.5 113.3 120.7 116.1 125.9 129.8 118.3 115.6 108.1 108.5

2006

   111.6 111.5 110.5 113.4 119.6 121.0 128.6 133.9 123.9 122.2 116.6 118.5

2007

   122.2 118.2 119.5 123.6 128.4 127.2 137.0 142.0 134.1 133.2 131.6 135.4

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

 37.593                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   105.8 106.3 108.0 107.1 104.1 108.7 115.9 116.6 110.0 109.8 109.5 114.0

2005

   117.1 112.8 115.9 115.3 123.9 120.3 136.6 135.7 118.7 116.2 104.6 103.3

2006

   103.7 107.4 104.2 115.8 118.6 123.5 136.7 140.0 126.6 126.1 114.9 116.7

2007

   117.3 116.0 117.9 129.1 130.7 130.9 146.8 151.3 135.1 134.5 128.8 132.3

United Kingdom (Dec. 2003=100)

 13.232                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   104.8 107.2 109.9 109.0 104.2 107.7 111.8 112.4 105.6 106.3 106.5 110.4

2005

   113.1 110.2 113.9 112.6 132.2 127.2 149.9 148.5 121.8 120.8 102.0 100.6

2006

   100.6 104.2 101.5 120.0 123.3 127.9 143.8 149.7 129.7 131.8 114.7 116.6

2007

   117.6 117.9 118.2 137.5 140.4 139.6 158.2 164.4 140.6 138.5 126.5 127.9

Other Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

 24.361                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   106.7 105.4 106.3 105.4 104.1 109.6 119.9 120.6 114.2 113.0 112.4 117.5

2005

   120.9 115.3 117.8 117.8 116.0 113.8 123.9 123.6 115.8 111.8 107.1 105.9

2006

   106.6 110.6 106.7 111.8 114.1 119.3 130.0 130.9 123.6 120.7 115.1 116.7

2007

   117.1 115.0 117.8 124.5 125.3 126.0 140.5 143.9 132.1 132.3 130.0 134.8

Asia (Dec. 2003=100)

 28.780                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   110.8 103.6 105.1 104.4 107.8 105.8 113.0 126.6 114.9 109.3 110.1 109.6

2005

   117.7 111.5 113.2 107.5 120.3 111.8 115.5 130.5 114.6 107.7 102.7 102.9

2006

   108.9 105.0 107.2 102.2 114.3 110.4 113.2 128.9 112.9 107.8 105.0 107.3

2007

   112.5 105.2 106.8 105.6 117.2 112.6 116.2 128.8 123.9 117.8 115.3 123.8

Japan (Dec. 2003=100)

 14.619                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   113.8 104.8 107.2 104.8 110.1 106.8 115.4 135.1 117.9 110.9 111.6 113.6

2005

   123.6 116.0 118.3 111.2 129.0 116.7 119.9 141.4 119.9 111.7 103.1 102.6

2006

   111.1 106.0 109.7 102.3 118.6 113.2 115.5 136.5 115.0 108.2 105.0 107.7

2007

   110.9 100.6 105.0 101.9 122.0 110.2 110.6 133.1 125.6 115.8 108.3 123.9

Other Asia (Dec. 2003=100)

 14.161                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   103.7 101.0 100.2 103.6 102.6 103.6 107.4 107.1 108.0 105.7 106.8 100.2

2005

   104.2 100.9 101.5 99.1 100.2 100.4 105.2 105.5 102.6 98.5 101.8 103.6

2006

   103.7 102.7 101.3 102.0 104.4 103.8 107.9 111.2 108.3 106.7 105.1 106.4

2007

   113.9 110.0 108.4 109.5 111.1 114.9 122.3 123.3 121.4 119.6 123.0 123.3

Latin America/Caribbean (Dec. 2003=100)

 13.674                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   110.0 103.8 101.2 102.6 100.8 102.1 107.8 106.5 103.0 102.2 108.2 107.8

2005

   117.0 111.8 108.2 109.4 109.7 107.6 116.4 111.2 110.0 109.1 109.1 115.4

2006

   120.4 115.5 113.1 114.4 116.2 117.4 123.6 119.3 120.9 122.2 121.8 123.5

2007

   131.4 130.7 129.1 126.4 124.1 124.4 130.5 126.3 128.9 131.4 135.4 134.4

Central/South America (Dec. 2003=100)

 7.436                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   112.9 105.2 101.2 103.1 101.2 102.3 108.6 106.3 101.4 100.0 107.6 107.0

2005

   119.3 112.1 107.2 107.3 108.2 105.3 115.1 107.7 107.0 104.4 104.8 112.8

2006

   119.6 113.5 110.1 111.4 111.8 112.8 120.6 113.5 115.3 116.2 116.7 118.8

2007

   131.5 129.4 127.1 126.1 125.9 125.8 134.8 127.8 129.3 130.6 133.2 130.7

Canada (Dec. 2003=100)

 9.305                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   100.3 99.3 97.8 103.8 101.9 102.6 105.7 105.8 107.1 112.5 117.4 127.0

2005

   124.1 122.1 125.0 134.7 130.0 130.1 135.1 139.2 151.0 158.7 145.3 144.5

2006

   143.8 150.6 152.8 145.7 155.7 161.6 162.7 158.2 162.8 162.3 161.9 164.4

2007

   160.2 159.0 159.5 159.5 166.1 172.1 175.3 178.4 180.7 191.8 204.8 206.4

Outbound Air Passenger Fares (Dec. 2003=100)

 100.000                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   101.0 99.8 99.3 106.5 106.7 114.2 118.3 117.7 114.2 109.8 103.4 105.4

2005

   105.9 105.2 105.0 112.1 111.4 120.5 124.8 124.2 120.1 114.3 109.0 110.8

2006

   111.1 110.5 110.6 116.6 118.0 128.7 131.0 131.3 126.4 121.1 117.7 119.3

2007

   118.7 119.4 119.3 123.5 124.3 136.9 140.3 141.0 134.3 128.8 124.8 129.2

Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

 37.577                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   100.2 101.3 101.2 112.9 113.8 125.0 127.1 126.6 124.0 116.0 103.5 104.6

2005

   104.6 104.9 104.7 115.8 115.4 131.2 132.9 133.6 129.5 117.8 108.9 109.1

2006

   110.2 111.4 111.6 121.0 122.0 139.1 139.6 139.3 135.0 124.3 118.7 118.5

2007

   119.7 122.5 122.8 133.3 134.8 157.3 158.2 159.5 154.6 137.0 126.0 127.7

United Kingdom (Dec. 2003=100)

 11.414                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   99.8 100.3 100.4 103.6 105.4 113.5 114.6 114.3 112.5 109.4 103.3 104.8

2005

   104.7 104.7 104.7 109.1 107.9 118.1 119.2 120.2 114.0 111.0 107.2 107.7

2006

   108.7 110.5 110.7 113.5 115.1 124.8 124.8 124.6 119.9 116.9 115.7 115.8

2007

   117.5 120.6 120.8 125.5 125.6 135.5 137.4 138.6 132.2 128.4 123.6 123.9

Other Europe (Dec. 2003=100)

 26.163                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   100.6 102.4 102.0 121.9 121.8 136.1 139.1 138.5 135.2 122.5 103.8 104.4

2005

   104.6 105.2 104.8 122.2 122.7 143.9 146.1 146.6 144.5 124.4 110.5 110.5

2006

   111.7 112.3 112.4 128.3 128.6 152.9 154.0 153.4 149.6 131.4 121.6 121.1

2007

   122.1 124.8 125.2 138.4 140.6 169.0 169.5 170.8 166.6 142.5 128.5 130.9

Asia (Dec. 2003=100)

 22.745                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   99.1 94.4 94.6 99.5 100.1 108.1 117.4 118.3 106.9 105.8 101.8 106.4

2005

   105.2 100.5 100.8 106.0 107.1 112.6 124.6 123.8 108.1 107.9 103.4 109.8

2006

   105.6 102.5 102.5 105.8 109.9 120.9 124.8 127.2 112.2 109.9 107.2 114.6

2007

   107.9 107.2 107.1 109.6 112.8 125.4 131.3 130.9 116.4 115.4 113.6 125.2

Latin America/Caribbean (Dec. 2003=100)

 22.742                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   102.3 99.9 99.5 99.7 99.2 101.1 104.9 104.0 101.1 100.7 103.0 105.2

2005

   106.3 105.0 105.2 106.4 105.1 104.9 108.0 105.1 105.2 105.7 105.8 108.7

2006

   108.8 106.7 107.1 108.4 109.7 109.9 112.7 113.3 112.4 113.0 113.0 113.9

2007

   114.3 114.8 114.7 111.8 111.8 111.6 113.6 114.2 113.6 115.6 116.3 116.2

Caribbean (Dec. 2006=100)

 6.199                        

2006

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2007

   99.5 99.5 99.8 99.6 98.6 98.6 98.0 98.3 98.3 98.7 98.9 98.3

Mexico (Dec. 2003=100)

 8.465                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   105.5 100.2 93.8 93.8 94.8 94.1 97.8 99.9 98.3 99.2 100.9 100.5

2005

   100.4 99.3 100.3 103.8 101.9 102.0 104.5 95.9 102.6 102.9 102.7 104.1

2006

   103.4 103.0 103.0 104.0 107.2 105.8 108.0 111.3 110.6 113.0 113.0 113.1

2007

   111.4 113.7 113.3 105.4 106.3 106.2 107.0 110.2 111.4 115.9 119.5 119.9

Central/South America (Dec. 2003=100)

 8.078                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   101.4 99.4 100.0 100.4 100.1 101.1 106.1 102.9 101.1 101.1 104.3 106.0

2005

   107.9 106.2 106.2 105.8 105.9 104.4 107.4 105.9 104.8 107.2 107.6 109.9

2006

   110.5 107.3 108.1 109.3 109.3 110.0 112.9 111.5 110.8 111.6 111.9 111.6

2007

   114.9 114.0 113.9 113.9 114.0 113.4 118.7 116.7 113.9 114.7 112.8 112.7

Canada (Dec. 2003=100)

 7.725                        

2003

   - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0

2004

   104.2 99.1 99.1 103.4 108.0 107.3 108.2 109.3 107.5 109.1 111.1 110.4

2005

   112.7 117.1 120.6 125.2 124.5 127.1 128.2 131.8 139.5 142.5 142.5 143.1

2006

   143.1 144.6 146.2 149.1 153.4 155.4 158.3 163.9 164.0 164.0 164.0 165.9

2007

   165.7 168.0 168.0 165.0 163.1 167.4 168.4 177.4 173.3 183.4 198.3 208.5

Crude Oil Tanker Freight

Inbound Crude Oil Tanker Freight(2)

 100.000                        

1987

   - - - - - 49.9 - - 50.5 - - 51.7

1988

   - - 54.6 - - 53.8 - - 51.0 - - 52.6

1989

   - - 56.7 - - 55.7 - - 56.9 - - 57.1

1990

   - - 63.0 - - 63.4 - - 56.5 - - 60.7

1991

   - - 66.8 - - 76.7 - - 68.3 - - 65.2

1992

   - - 65.4 - - 59.4 - - 61.6 - - 62.3

1993

   - - 65.6 - - 72.9 - - 71.4 - - 59.6

1994

   - - 57.3 - - 56.6 - - 54.5 - - 62.4

1995

   - - 71.2 - - 73.7 - - 70.8 - - 81.4

1996

   - - 78.8 - - 77.3 - - 68.8 - - 74.4

1997

   - - 79.7 - - 80.3 - - 72.7 - - 76.7

1998

   - - 76.9 - - 64.9 - - 61.5 - - 61.4

1999

   - - 55.4 - - 53.0 - - 53.0 - - 57.7

2000

   - - 73.2 - - 86.3 - - 107.5 - - 133.0

2001

   - - 119.3 - - 96.7 - - 74.3 - - 72.4

2002

   62.0 59.1 60.2 53.8 60.7 59.9 63.9 62.2 58.5 57.5 68.4 77.2

2003

   83.9 108.8 133.2 121.6 107.5 101.9 93.9 79.2 73.7 76.9 83.1 90.2

2004

   132.1 156.4 133.4 121.6 114.5 104.3 111.2 120.8 119.1 134.5 157.0 186.9

2005

   204.0 147.8 130.7 120.3 119.1 116.8 101.8 91.2 99.8 106.9 134.9 154.8

2006

   152.2 158.4 137.6 129.2 105.9 118.8 120.9 123.6 130.1 129.2 126.6 123.7

2007

   124.9 119.1 120.5 119.3 124.3 120.3 125.1 110.2 95.5 98.2 - -

Gulf

 51.776                        

1987

   - - - - - 52.1 - - 53.5 - - 54.4

1988

   - - 55.4 - - 56.5 - - 56.0 - - 57.4

1989

   - - 63.0 - - 59.1 - - 60.6 - - 59.9

1990

   - - 64.7 - - 71.0 - - 62.1 - - 70.8

1991

   - - 74.4 - - 82.5 - - 77.2 - - 74.3

1992

   - - 65.0 - - 62.7 - - 66.0 - - 62.6

1993

   - - 63.6 - - 71.5 - - 72.5 - - 57.9

1994

   - - 57.3 - - 54.2 - - 52.0 - - 60.9

1995

   - - 71.0 - - 78.2 - - 72.9 - - 91.5

1996

   - - 83.3 - - 79.2 - - 69.4 - - 77.2

1997

   - - 80.9 - - 81.1 - - 70.6 - - 75.1

1998

   - - 74.2 - - 61.9 - - 62.1 - - 62.3

1999

   - - 53.5 - - 52.4 - - 48.5 - - 56.5

2000

   - - 74.0 - - 85.5 - - 101.4 - - 139.1

2001

   - - 123.8 - - 94.4 - - 72.7 - - 72.4

2002

   61.0 60.5 58.4 47.7 59.1 58.7 65.3 63.6 59.0 57.1 66.1 73.7

2003

   80.9 110.4 133.6 123.7 109.2 102.0 96.7 77.8 77.3 78.9 82.4 87.1

2004

   139.7 162.4 132.0 119.6 119.5 108.3 116.0 126.3 123.7 137.8 158.6 190.8

2005

   218.9 156.3 142.6 122.4 125.4 126.5 104.8 89.5 105.0 110.3 137.7 149.3

2006

   146.5 158.8 141.7 131.2 101.2 118.3 122.9 122.2 126.9 127.0 124.4 124.2

2007

   133.3 125.5 130.7 120.3 126.2 115.0 123.0 111.8 95.6 97.2 - -

Ocean Liner Freight

Inbound Ocean Liner Freight

 100.000                        

1991

   - - 67.3 - - 66.4 - - 64.5 - - 63.1

1992

   - - 63.2 - - 66.0 - - 66.3 - - 66.7

1993

   - - 65.9 - - 65.5 - - 65.4 - - 64.7

1994

   - - 65.5 - - 67.3 - - 67.3 - - 67.6

1995

   - - 68.7 - - 71.1 - - 71.9 - - 71.6

1996

   - - 71.9 - - 70.5 - - 69.4 - - 69.7

1997

   - - 69.1 - - 68.5 - - 67.2 - - 65.8

1998

   - - 65.9 - - 73.1 - - 74.4 - - 73.8

1999

   - - 72.7 - - 94.7 - - 104.8 - - 98.7

2000

   - - 96.6 - - 101.3 - - 101.1 - - 101.0

2001

   - - 102.8 - - 100.8 - - 98.1 - - 92.8

2002

   - - 91.7 - - 90.3 - - 93.5 - - 93.3

2003

   - - 94.0 - - 116.1 - - 116.2 - - 117.8

2004

   - - 119.1 - - 121.1 - - 120.3 - - 122.7

2005

   121.6 121.2 121.3 121.7 127.7 128.5 128.3 128.6 127.9 129.5 129.3 126.8

2006

   126.6 126.3 125.4 125.4 117.6 114.9 112.7 113.9 114.2 113.9 114.1 114.0

2007

   113.2 113.0 112.6 112.8 113.1 112.5 112.5 112.3 112.3 112.4 112.5 113.4

U.S. East Coast

 56.538                        

1991

   - - 86.8 - - 84.1 - - 81.7 - - 78.6

1992

   - - 78.4 - - 81.3 - - 81.2 - - 82.4

1993

   - - 82.3 - - 82.2 - - 83.8 - - 82.6

1994

   - - 84.5 - - 84.9 - - 85.5 - - 85.3

1995

   - - 89.2 - - 90.8 - - 91.8 - - 92.1

1996

   - - 93.1 - - 92.3 - - 91.6 - - 92.5

1997

   - - 90.7 - - 90.6 - - 88.3 - - 87.0

1998

   - - 86.8 - - 88.7 - - 89.5 - - 88.0

1999

   - - 87.7 - - 89.0 - - 97.9 - - 98.5

2000

   - - 97.6 - - 101.1 - - 101.1 - - 100.2

2001

   - - 105.8 - - 100.1 - - 98.8 - - 97.0

2002

   - - 95.8 - - 95.0 - - 98.2 - - 98.5

2003

   - - 100.0 - - 108.4 - - 107.0 - - 110.6

2004

   - - 114.8 - - 116.0 - - 113.5 - - 115.0

2005

   114.8 114.7 114.9 115.8 124.2 125.5 125.8 125.8 125.0 129.2 128.6 128.4

2006

   127.7 126.8 126.6 126.5 121.1 120.2 118.2 118.9 119.1 118.4 118.7 118.6

2007

   118.3 117.1 116.4 116.5 117.2 117.3 117.0 117.1 117.1 117.2 117.3 118.8

From Atlantic

 24.505                        

1991

   - - 94.9 - - 91.6 - - 89.5 - - 83.4

1992

   - - 83.5 - - 85.8 - - 86.7 - - 88.3

1993

   - - 90.4 - - 90.4 - - 92.3 - - 90.6

1994

   - - 95.6 - - 96.0 - - 97.4 - - 97.8

1995

   - - 105.8 - - 102.4 - - 103.3 - - 103.2

1996

   - - 108.0 - - 106.3 - - 104.8 - - 105.2

1997

   - - 103.0 - - 102.3 - - 99.6 - - 98.3

1998

   - - 98.8 - - 98.3 - - 99.0 - - 99.0

1999

   - - 98.1 - - 89.1 - - 101.6 - - 103.8

2000

   - - 101.8 - - 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 98.3

2001

   - - 101.3 - - 101.3 - - 102.3 - - 102.1

2002

   - - 101.2 - - 101.1 - - 107.9 - - 108.2

2003

   - - 104.2 - - 105.4 - - 105.4 - - 113.1

2004

   - - 121.6 - - 119.2 - - 110.5 - - 110.8

2005

   111.2 110.9 111.4 113.9 123.1 123.6 123.8 123.8 122.9 132.3 132.3 132.7

2006

   132.7 132.0 131.9 131.9 121.4 120.3 120.3 120.4 120.5 119.0 118.0 118.0

2007

   117.6 116.0 114.2 115.0 115.0 115.0 114.9 114.9 114.9 114.6 115.0 117.4

From Pacific

 23.197                        

1991

   - - 73.2 - - 73.6 - - 71.0 - - 71.3

1992

   - - 72.3 - - 74.3 - - 74.1 - - 73.9

1993

   - - 73.3 - - 72.9 - - 73.9 - - 73.3

1994

   - - 71.7 - - 74.7 - - 73.8 - - 71.8

1995

   - - 71.8 - - 79.4 - - 80.9 - - 80.9

1996

   - - 77.6 - - 77.1 - - 77.0 - - 77.1

1997

   - - 77.0 - - 77.4 - - 74.5 - - 72.8

1998

   - - 72.8 - - 77.3 - - 78.7 - - 78.8

1999

   - - 79.2 - - 91.9 - - 97.0 - - 95.4

2000

   - - 95.4 - - 101.6 - - 101.6 - - 101.3

2001

   - - 100.7 - - 96.7 - - 92.3 - - 88.0

2002

   - - 87.0 - - 84.4 - - 86.5 - - 86.5

2003

   - - 91.1 - - 110.3 - - 110.3 - - 109.6

2004

   - - 110.8 - - 113.5 - - 113.4 - - 113.3

2005

   112.2 112.3 112.3 111.9 123.1 125.7 126.1 126.0 125.5 125.5 125.5 124.5

2006

   122.9 122.9 122.4 122.4 120.3 120.2 119.9 120.8 121.2 121.1 122.7 122.6

2007

   122.7 121.4 121.5 120.9 122.6 122.7 122.2 122.4 122.5 122.0 121.8 122.1

U.S. West Coast

 43.462                        

1991

   - - 56.9 - - 57.2 - - 55.7 - - 55.4

1992

   - - 55.7 - - 58.5 - - 59.1 - - 59.1

1993

   - - 57.8 - - 57.2 - - 56.1 - - 55.6

1994

   - - 55.7 - - 58.5 - - 58.1 - - 58.6

1995

   - - 58.1 - - 61.1 - - 61.8 - - 61.2

1996

   - - 61.0 - - 59.2 - - 57.8 - - 57.7

1997

   - - 57.7 - - 56.9 - - 56.2 - - 54.6

1998

   - - 54.8 - - 64.9 - - 66.4 - - 66.3

1999

   - - 64.8 - - 97.7 - - 108.5 - - 98.9

2000

   - - 96.1 - - 101.4 - - 101.2 - - 101.4

2001

   - - 101.2 - - 101.2 - - 97.7 - - 90.7

2002

   - - 89.5 - - 87.7 - - 90.9 - - 90.4

2003

   - - 90.6 - - 121.5 - - 122.7 - - 123.0

2004

   - - 122.5 - - 124.9 - - 125.2 - - 128.2

2005

   126.5 126.0 126.0 126.0 130.5 131.0 130.6 131.1 130.3 130.3 130.3 126.4

2006

   126.4 126.6 125.2 125.2 115.9 112.1 109.7 111.4 111.6 111.6 111.7 111.7

2007

   110.2 111.1 111.3 111.4 111.4 109.9 110.2 109.7 109.7 109.8 109.8 110.0

Footnotes
 (1) Relative importance figures are based on 2005 trade values.
(2) Publication of the Crude Oil Tanker Freight indexes is lagged two months, as are the relative importance figures.

NOTE: Dash = Not available

Last Modified Date: February 15, 2008