Mountain-Plains: Price Movements of Top Exports
and Other Highlights
May 2017
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Total exports for the Mountain-Plains region, which
consists of Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Utah,
and Wyoming, were approximately $46.2 billion in
2016, decreasing 4.2 percent from 2015. Over the
3-month period ended in April, export prices for
transportation equipment, the export industry having
the largest share of exports by dollar value for the
region, increased 0.5 percent. Over the same period,
the export price indexes for chemicals, food, and
primary metals also advanced.
Top Six Mountain-Plains Region Exports by Trade Dollar Value, 2016
 The Mountain-Plains region’s largest
export in 2016 was transportation
equipment manufacturing ($7.9 billion),
representing 17.2 percent of the total
export trade dollar value for the region.
 The second largest export for the region
by trade value was chemicals with over
$6.1 billion in trade dollar value.
 The top six export industries for the
Mountain-Plains region accounted for
just under 73.8 percent ($34.1 billion)
of the region’s total exports.
U.S. Export Price Indexes: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
 Export
prices for transportation
equipment and all manufacturing each
increased 0.5 percent over the 3-month
period ended in April.
 The price index
for transportation
equipment advanced 1.9 percent over
the past year.
 The increase in export transportation
prices over the 12-month period was
driven by higher aerospace product and
parts prices, especially in January.
Import/Export Price Indexes (MXP) and Mountain-Plains Highlights
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U.S. Export Price Indexes: Chemical Manufacturing
 Export prices for chemicals rose 0.6
percent over the 3 months ended in April.
 Higher prices for basic chemicals as well as
resin, synthetic rubber, and artificial
synthetic fibers and filaments drove the
3-month increase.
 Nonetheless, export chemical prices rec-
orded a 0.6-percent over-the-year decline
from April 2015 to April 2016.
U.S. Export Price Indexes: Food Manufacturing
 The price index for food exports rose
1.0 percent over the 3-month period
ended in April.
 Higher
animal slaughtering and
processing prices contributed to the
3-month increase in the price index for
food.
 Over the past year, export prices for
food manufacturing increased 4.6
percent.
U.S. Export Price Indexes: Primary Metal Manufacturing
 Over the past 3 months, export prices
for primary metal
advanced 3.5 percent.
manufacturing
 Primary metals export prices rose 5.1
over the past year.
Index value, Apr 2016 = 100
106.0
105.0
104.0
103.0
102.0
101.0
 Alumina and aluminum production and
processing, rose 8.6 percent for the year
ended in April, the largest 12-month
increase since a 10.4-percent rise in
September 2009.
100.0
99.0
98.0
Apr 2016
Jun 2016
Aug 2016
Oct 2016
Primary metal manufacturing
Dec 2016
Feb 2017
Apr 2017
All Manufacturing
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Price Program.
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