September Export Price Index gained .3% - Superior Freight Services Inc.

The Export Price Index gained 0.3% in September according to the October 2013 Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Excluding Agricultural Products, the Export Price Index advanced 0.3%. Year over Year from September 2012 to September 2013 the Export Index is still down 0.9%.

All Exports: Export prices advanced 0.3 percent in September, the largest monthly rise since a 0.7 percent increase in February. Higher nonagricultural and agricultural prices each contributed to the September increase. Between September 2012 and September 2013, however, export prices fell 1.6 percent, the largest year-over-year decline since the index fell 2.1 percent between June 2011 and June 2012.

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Section VI: Products of the Chemical or Allied Industries -0.3 Decline

Section VII: Plastics and Articles thereof 0.5 Increase

Section XIII: Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement… ..Glass and Glassware 0.1 Increase

Section XV: Base Metals and Articles of Base Metal 0.1 Increase

Section XVI: Machinery and Mechanical… …and accessories of such articles. -0.0 No Change

Section XVIII: Optical, Photographic… …parts and accessories thereof. 0.2 Increase

Section XX: Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles. –0.4 Decline

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