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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. Announcements
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Import prices up 0.1% in November on higher fuel prices; export prices increase 0.6%12/15/2020
U.S. import prices rose 0.1 percent in November following a 0.1-percent decrease in
October. Prices for exports advanced 0.6 percent in November, after rising 0.2 percent
the previous month. Over the past year, import prices declined 1.0 percent and export
prices fell 1.1 percent. Current
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Database holds current time series data that are published simultaneously with the Import and Export Price Index News Release. The data query and extraction tool provides users with an interface to select more than 1000 data series. Unique letter/number combinations represent different descriptors that characterize the index type, product or industry classification, geographic coverage, and time period availability. More information on the format of the data can be found at https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/ei/ei.txt. More Tools
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Archives: Previous versions of these tables are available upon request. MXP PublicationsPublications other than the monthly news release are produced in order to provide a comprehensive understanding over a variety of topics including how the import/export price indexes are connected to different aspects of the U.S. economy, how they are used by other agencies and organizations, and more. For a general overview of the price indexes, please review the Overview Pamphlet. Articles and Research Papers Using MXP Data
RegionalIndustryCountry of OriginData Uses and Fact SheetsMXP Competitiveness MeasuresData users interested in measuring the competitiveness of U.S. goods in domestic and foreign markets can use the U.S. import and export price indexes. The BLS presents a report and accompanying tables to provide more information for users interested in comparing import price indexes to the corresponding Producer Price Indexes. Additionally, the BLS publishes locality of origin indexes measuring import prices from select countries, regions, and groupings; locality of destination indexes measuring export prices to select countries, regions, and groupings; and U.S. terms of trade indexes measuring the purchasing power of U.S. exports relative to imports for all goods by select localities where both a LOO and LOD index is published.
MXP Variance StatisticsIn order to help users assess the precision of the U.S. import and export price index series, BLS is now providing variance estimates for these figures. Previously, the data were only calculated for the all-import and all-export series. Beginning in 2019, the published variance estimates became available at a more detailed level. Report
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