U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2006-11-09

The U.S. Import Price Index declined 2.0 percent for the second consecutive month in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease was again led by declining petroleum prices, which fell 8.3 percent in October following a decrease of 9.7 percent in September. Export prices fell 0.4 percent in October, after declining by the same amount the previous month. 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 2005 October 0.1 -3.1 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.8 November -1.9 -9.4 -0.1 -0.6 -0.2 -0.7 December 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.1 -0.5 0.2 2006 January 1.2 5.8 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.7 February -0.8 -1.0 -0.7 0.1 -0.7 0.2 March -0.1 0.6 -0.3 0.2 -0.1 0.2 April 2.1 11.3 0.1 0.7 -0.4 0.7 May 1.8 6.4 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 June 0.1 -1.1 0.4