PRODUCER PRICES OF EQUIPMENT AND REPAIR SERVICES FOR WATER TRANSPORTATION
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
PRODUCER PRICES OF EQUIPMENT AND REPAIR SERVICES FOR WATER TRANSPORTATION
Producer Price Index: Ship and Repair Expenses (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)
Shipbuilding and repair expenses are major costs in providing water transportation services.
| Price Index (Dec-1985=100) | May-00 | May-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Self-propelled ships (new, non-military) | 158.90 | 160.90 |
| Self-propelled ships (new, non-military) percent change from same month previous year | 0.00 | 1.26 |
| Ship building and repairing | 141.10 | 143.10 |
| Ship building and repairing percent change from same month previous year | 3.75 | 1.42 |
| Ship repair, conversion, reconversion (non-military) | 133.80 | 135.90 |
| Ship repair, conversion, reconversion (non-military) percent change from same month previous year | 3.96 | 1.57 |
NOTE: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
Data from February 2001 to May 2001 are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at: http://www.bls.gov/datahome.htm.