国際航空貨物、最高を更新　ロシア迂回で燃料費増―４月のサービス価格

　日銀が２６日発表した４月の企業向けサービス価格指数（速報値、２０１５年平均＝１００）によると、国際航空貨物輸送が前年同月比６４．３％上昇の２２６．９となった。前月に付けた１９８５年の調査開始以来の最高水準を更新。ロシアのウクライナ侵攻を受けた減便や、ロシアを迂回（うかい）するルートの使用などにより燃料費が増加したことが響いた。
　指数は、企業間で取引されるサービスの価格変動を示す。全体では１．７％上昇の１０６．７。プラスは１４カ月連続で、約２１年ぶりの高水準だった前月と横ばいだった。ウクライナ情勢を背景とした燃料高や貨物輸送費の高騰で高止まりしている。（2022/05/26-12:07）

Prices of international air freight transport services soared to hit a record high in April due to the fallout of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Bank of Japan data showed Thursday.
   The price index for the sector was up 64.3 pct year on year at 226.9, the highest level since statistics began in 1985.
   The surge came as the Ukraine crisis forced airlines to take measures such as reducing the number of flights and switching to routes bypassing Russia, with the change of routes leading to higher fuel costs.
   The overall services producer price index, which measures costs for services provided to corporate customers, stood at 106.7 in April against 100 for the base year of 2015, up 1.7 pct from a year before and rising for the 14th straight month, according to the data from the central bank.
   Ocean freight transportation service prices surged 50.1 pct, reflecting a spike in yen-denominated fees of transport by tanker due to the weakness of the Japanese currency. International air passenger transport service fees were up 17.1 pct.