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) | Aug-00 | Aug-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Self-propelled ships (new, non-military) | 160.1 | 160.9 |
| Self-propelled ships (new, non-military) percent change from same month previous year | 0.76 | 0.50 |
| Ship building and repairing | 142.6 | 147.2 |
| Ship building and repairing percent change from same month previous year | 4.55 | 3.23 |
| Ship repair, conversion, reconversion (non-military) | 134.0 | 137.3 |
| Ship repair, conversion, reconversion (non-military) percent change from same month previous year | 4.04 | 2.46 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
Data from May 2001 to August 2001 are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at: http://www.bls.gov/datahome.htm.