April 2026 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes — 2026-05-14

U.S. import prices increased 1.9 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today, following a 0.9-percent rise in March. Higher prices for fuel imports and nonfuel imports drove the advance in April. Prices for U.S. exports advanced 3.3 percent in April, after rising 1.5 percent the previous month. U.S. import prices advanced 1.9 percent in April following an increase of 0.9 percent in March and a rise of 1.0 percent in February. Prices for U.S. imports increased 4.2 percent from April 2025 to April 2026. The 12-month rise in U.S. import prices was the largest over-the-year advance since the index increased 4.2 percent for the year ended October 2022. (See All commodities in table 1.) Fuel Imports: Import prices for fuels and lubricants increased 16.3 percent in April following an advance of 10.0 percent in March. The April increase was the largest monthly advance since the index rose 17.8 percent in March 2022.