U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1993-12-29

The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.7 percent in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline followed a 0.6 percent increase in October and reflected lower prices for both petroleum and nonpetroleum imports. The U.S. Export Price Index edged up 0.2 percent in November due to higher agricultural prices, following declines in the 2 previous months. Import and export price indexes and percent changes by End Use category - not seasonally adjusted - Month Non- Agri- Nonagri- All Petroleum petroleum All cultural cultural Imports Imports Imports Exports Exports Exports 1992 November -0.6 -2.5 -0.4 -0.1 0.7 -0.2 December -1.7 -8.6 -1.0 0.2 1.5 -0.1 1993 January -0.2 -2.0 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.0 February 0.0 1.8 -0.3 0.2 -0.6 0.4 March 0.5 3.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 April 0.5 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 May 0.3 -0.4 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.3 June -0.5 -4.4 0.0 -0.3 -2.9 0.1 July -0.6 -6.1 0.1