Table 26—Indexes of Real Trade-Weighted Dollar Exchange Rates1
2006 Total U.S. merchandise exports U.S. agricultural export markets All agricultural exports Bulk commodities Corn Cotton Rice Soybeans Tobacco, raw Wheat High-value products Processed intermediates Soymeal Soyoil Produce and horticulture Fruits Vegetables High-value processed Fruit juices Poultry Red meats U.S. competitor exports All agricultural exports Bulk commodities Corn Cotton Rice Soybeans Tobacco, raw Wheat High-value products Processed intermediates Soymeal Soyoil Produce and horticulture Fruits Vegetables High-value processed Fruit juices Poultry Red meats U.S. agricultural import suppliers All agricultural imports Produce and Horticulture Fruits Vegetables Fish Tropical Product Imports Coffee Cocoa Sugar and Sweeteners Rubber and Gums Animals and Product Imports Beverages excluding Fruit Juices Wine Malt Beverages Grains&Feed Oilseeds and Product Imports Vegetable Oils Dairy Products Fruit Juices 98.4 99.1 99.6 102.0 97.6 99.6 99.6 100.0 98.4 98.8 97.9 97.8 98.5 98.5 98.5 96.4 100.9 98.5 97.3 101.7 98.5 96.2 98.2 96.9 98.4 91.5 95.6 98.4 98.7 95.3 95.2 95.4 98.9 99.3 99.3 98.3 100.0 96.9 98.7 97.7 98.0 97.6 98.2 96.0 95.4 96.3 96.2 97.1 88.9 98.7 99.9 100.3 99.6 96.6 96.4 96.7 100.8 95.6 Annual 2007 94.2 96.0 97.1 101.2 93.5 96.6 97.9 94.5 94.7 95.4 93.5 93.1 94.9 95.5 95.9 92.9 100.2 94.8 94.1 101.9 91.3 88.6 92.3 90.3 93.3 83.0 86.9 91.1 91.5 88.1 87.8 88.5 92.0 92.7 93.0 90.4 93.0 88.9 90.4 92.0 94.2 93.8 94.6 91.2 89.7 89.1 90.6 92.1 84.3 92.0 93.7 92.5 95.1 91.5 90.2 90.2 92.8 90.2 2008 87.6 89.2 89.0 93.0 86.6 89.7 89.9 84.6 85.4 89.4 86.8 86.1 89.0 90.2 91.3 88.7 95.0 88.8 89.1 96.7 81.7 79.3 83.9 79.6 82.6 72.4 76.9 83.0 81.9 81.0 80.6 81.7 82.0 82.8 82.9 79.9 82.8 77.8 80.2 84.2 87.3 85.6 88.5 84.1 81.8 78.3 82.5 85.3 79.3 84.8 84.5 81.6 87.7 85.7 83.2 82.7 84.7 81.6 2007 Nov 92.8 94.9 96.4 100.1 93.1 95.6 97.7 93.7 93.8 94.0 92.3 91.9 93.7 93.5 94.1 89.5 98.7 92.3 91.9 100.6 90.4 87.4 91.6 89.4 92.3 81.5 86.1 89.5 90.6 87.1 86.8 87.8 91.2 92.0 92.2 89.2 92.1 87.8 89.1 90.8 93.4 93.2 93.6 90.0 88.9 88.7 89.1 90.8 84.9 90.4 92.9 91.6 94.6 89.1 88.5 89.0 92.1 89.5 Dec 90.3 92.8 94.9 98.7 91.1 93.9 96.3 91.8 92.4 91.7 89.9 89.5 91.7 91.0 91.5 86.2 97.0 89.8 89.1 99.2 87.9 84.6 89.8 86.7 90.1 78.4 83.2 86.5 88.1 85.0 84.6 85.8 88.7 89.5 89.8 86.3 89.7 85.2 85.8 88.0 91.1 91.2 91.1 87.9 86.5 85.9 86.7 88.2 83.1 86.7 90.3 88.6 92.4 86.1 85.6 86.2 88.8 87.2
2008 Jan 89.4 91.9 93.9 97.6 90.6 92.8 95.2 89.7 91.4 90.8 89.3 88.8 91.2 90.2 90.9 85.8 95.9 88.8 88.6 98.0 86.2 83.3 88.2 85.5 88.9 77.3 81.5 85.4 86.4 83.8 83.4 84.5 87.0 87.8 88.1 84.7 87.5 83.5 84.5 87.2 90.7 90.8 90.5 87.5 86.1 85.6 85.8 87.5 84.2 86.1 88.8 86.8 91.3 85.4 84.5 84.9 87.4 86.3
Feb 90.1 92.2 93.5 97.7 90.0 92.7 94.8 89.7 90.3 91.5 89.4 88.9 91.2 91.5 92.1 88.2 96.7 90.3 89.9 98.6 86.4 83.5 87.8 85.3 88.3 77.2 81.3 86.3 86.6 83.6 83.2 84.2 86.9 87.4 88.2 85.1 87.6 83.6 85.1 87.6 90.4 89.7 91.0 87.5 86.1 84.9 86.5 88.0 83.7 87.3 89.2 87.3 91.6 87.0 85.1 85.1 87.9 85.4
Mar 90.1 91.7 92.4 96.4 89.3 92.2 93.8 88.8 89.0 91.4 89.2 88.6 91.1 91.5 92.3 89.0 96.1 90.3 90.4 97.7 86.0 83.1 87.2 84.6 87.3 76.7 80.8 86.3 86.2 83.2 82.8 83.8 86.4 86.8 87.9 84.7 87.4 83.1 84.7 87.5 90.3 89.0 91.3 86.9 85.7 84.3 86.3 88.1 82.7 87.4 89.0 86.7 91.8 87.4 85.0 84.7 87.7 84.6
Apr 89.0 90.7 91.3 95.3 88.1 91.3 92.6 88.2 87.9 90.4 88.1 87.5 90.3 90.5 91.1 87.9 95.3 89.4 89.2 97.0 85.2 82.1 86.7 83.3 86.3 75.3 79.9 85.3 85.4 82.4 82.0 83.1 85.7 86.2 87.2 83.6 86.9 82.1 83.3 86.3 89.1 87.6 90.2 85.6 84.3 82.4 85.1 87.0 80.7 85.9 88.2 85.8 90.9 86.3 84.2 84.0 86.5 83.4
May 87.8 89.4 89.7 93.0 87.8 90.1 90.9 85.0 86.7 89.3 87.7 87.1 89.8 89.6 90.5 87.9 93.6 88.2 89.0 95.1 82.7 80.7 84.8 82.3 84.5 74.5 78.5 83.6 82.8 81.2 80.9 81.9 83.3 83.7 84.4 81.1 83.6 79.5 81.3 85.0 88.1 86.3 89.4 84.6 83.2 81.1 83.4 86.3 80.0 85.1 85.5 82.6 88.8 85.6 83.2 82.7 84.4 82.5
2000 is base year
The weights used for "total U.S. merchandise exports" index are based on U.S. total merchandise exports to the largest 79 trading partners. Weights are based on relative importance of major U.S. customers, competitors in world markets, and suppliers to the U.S. Indexes are subject to revisions for up to 1 year due to delayed reporting by some countries. High-value products are total agricultural exports less bulk exports. Source: Nominal exchange rates are obtained from the IMF International Financial Statisitics. Exchange rates for the EU-12 are obtained from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Full historical series are available back to January 1970 at http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/exchangerates/ 1. A major revision to the weighting scheme and commodity definitions was completed in June 2008. This significantly altered the series from previous versions. Beginning in July 2008, the base of the series has been changed from 2000 to 2005. In addition, the composition of the commoditites and commodity groups under U.S. suppliers was changed to more closely reflect the pattern of U.S. imports. Information contact: Mathew Shane (202) 694-5282 or email:mshane@ers.usda.gov. Published July 2008