August 2025 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes — 2025-09-16

U.S. import prices advanced 0.3 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today, following a 0.2-percent increase in July. Higher prices for nonfuel imports more than offset lower prices for fuel imports in August. Prices for U.S. exports increased 0.3 percent in August, after rising 0.3 percent the previous month. Import prices increased 0.3 percent in August following an advance of 0.2 percent in July and a decrease of 0.2 percent in June. Prices for U.S. imports were unchanged from August 2024 to August 2025. (See table 1.) Fuel Imports: Import fuel prices decreased 0.8 percent in August following an increase of 2.5 percent in July and an advance of 0.6 percent in June. Lower prices for natural gas and petroleum drove the decrease. In August, prices for import petroleum decreased 0.2 percent and prices for import natural gas fell 13.2 percent, the sixth consecutive monthly decline for the index.