PRODUCER PRICES OF EQUIPMENT AND REPAIR SERVICES FOR WATER TRANSPORTATION
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) | Jun-00 | Jun-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Self-propelled ships (new, non-military) | 160.10 | 160.90 |
| Self-propelled ships (new, non-military) percent change from same month previous year | 0.76 | 0.50 |
| Ship building and repairing | 141.10 | 143.90 |
| Ship building and repairing percent change from same month previous year | 3.90 | 1.98 |
| Ship repair, conversion, reconversion (non-military) | 133.90 | 136.90 |
| Ship repair, conversion, reconversion (non-military) percent change from same month previous year | 4.04 | 2.24 |
NOTE: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
Data from March 2001 to June 2001 are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at: http://www.bls.gov/datahome.htm.