The following monthly "price indices" have been established by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development for use in making price adjustments for asphalt cement and fuels used in construction contracts. The price indices are shown both in English and Metric systems of measure. Special provisions for payment adjustments for asphalt materials and fuels are included in applicable contracts. A list of past price indices is available by calling (225) 379-1736 for asphalts and (225) 379-1396 for fuels.

     Also, please be advised that we will exclude from the asphalt index calculations any asphalt price quotation that exceeds ±25 percent of the average of all asphalt prices submitted. We believe that by excluding the extreme outliers, the adjusted asphalt price index will be a better indication of pricing trends. (The 25 percent outliers only apply to asphalt quotes and not fuel quotes.)

Month	Price Indices
	PG 64-22		PG 70-22M		PG 76-22M		Gasoline		Diesel
	$/Ton	$/Mg	$/Ton	$/Mg	$/Ton	$/Mg	$/Gal	$/Ltr	$/Gal	$/Ltr
12/01/2007	337	371	411	453	439	484	2.18	0.576	2.557	0.6756
01/01/2008	340	374	414	457	442	488	2.439	0.6444	2.6587	0.7024
02/01/2008	354	390	425	468	455	502	2.3325	0.6162	2.6055	0.6884
03/01/2008	367	405	440	485	470	518	2.5875	0.6836	2.9988	0.7923
04/01/2008	367	404	441	486	473	521	2.601	0.6872	3.2291	0.8531
05/01/2008	383	422	462	509	497	548	2.8415	0.7507	3.2555	0.8601
06/01/2008	507	559	593	654	623	687	3.3015	0.8723	3.765	0.9947
07/01/2008	607	669	693	764	725	799	3.3865	0.8947	3.9035	1.0313
08/01/2008	678	747	790	871	837	922	3.122	0.8248	3.481	0.9197
09/01/2008	718	792	828	913	889	980	2.988	0.7894	3.2835	0.8675
10/01/2008	673	742	788	869	839	925	2.7655	0.7306	3.1045	0.8202
11/01/2008	614	677	735	810	795	877	1.5915	0.4205	2.1955	0.5801
12/01/2008	541	596	663	731	723	798	1.2745	0.3367	1.74	0.4597
01/01/2009	469	517	608	670	660	728	1.0685	0.2823	1.4225	0.3758
02/01/2009	443	489	571	629	629	694	1.2885	0.3404	1.4352	0.3792
03/01/2009	387	426	516	569	574	633	1.306	0.345	1.265	0.3342
04/01/2009	378	417	511	563	566	624	1.317	0.348	1.393	0.368
05/01/2009	362	398	486	536	536	591	1.409	0.3723	1.336	0.353
06/01/2009	360	397	482	531	535	590	1.899	0.5017	1.679	0.4436
07/01/2009	372	410	488	537	541	596	1.8575	0.4908	1.8196	0.4807
08/01/2009	377	415	480	529	538	593	1.9835	0.524	1.8585	0.491
09/01/2009	373	411	491	541	539	594	1.8451	0.4875	1.8236	0.4818
10/01/2009	378	416	476	525	534	589	1.7496	0.4622	1.8266	0.4826
11/01/2009	375	413	472	520	525	579	1.9875	0.5251	1.9895	0.5256