U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2000-05-11

The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 1.6 percent in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease, the first since June 1999, was attributable to a large downturn in petroleum prices. Export prices also fell in April, down 0.1 percent, after increasing 0.5 percent in each of the previous two months. Percent changes in import and export price indexes by End Use category - not seasonally adjusted - Month Non- Agri- Nonagri- All Petroleum petroleum All cultural cultural Imports Imports Imports Exports Exports Exports 1999 April 1.1 20.3 -0.2 0.2 0.5 0.2 May 0.7 7.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.0 June -0.1 0.4 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.1 July 1.0 13.5 -0.1 -0.1 -2.2 0.1 August 1.1 11.7 0.1 0.3 1.9 0.1 September 1.0 8.3 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.1 October 0.2 1.7 0.0 0.3 -0.1 0.4 November 0.8 4.1 0.4 0.2 -0.9 0.3 December 0.6 6.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.7 0.0 2000 January 0.4 3.5