February 2025 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes — 2025-03-18

U.S. import prices increased 0.4 percent in February following a 0.4-percent advance in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Higher fuel and nonfuel prices in February contributed to the overall increase in import prices. U.S. export prices rose 0.1 percent in February following a 1.3-percent advance the previous month. Effective with this release, BLS import and export price indexes greatly expanded the use of data from a non-survey source. Administrative trade records from the U.S. Census Bureau are used in place of survey data for certain goods categories. This transition to an alternative data source did not create a break in series with previously published price indexes. Hundreds more detailed import and export price indexes began publication, starting with a base period of January 2025 = 100. More information is available at www.bls.gov/mxp/notices/2024/change-data-source-import-export-price-indexes.htm. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ U.S. import prices advanced 0.4 percent for the second consecutive month in February. Prices for U.S.