U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2007-01-12

The U.S. Import Price Index increased 1.1 percent in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The advance followed a 0.5 percent rise in November and was led by a 4.8 percent upturn in petroleum prices. Export prices rose 0.7 percent in December, after increasing 0.4 percent 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 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 0.7 2.6 0.6 July 0.8 3.6 0.0 0.4 1.9 0.2 August 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.5 September -2.2 -11.0 r 0.1 -0.4 -0.5 r -0.4 October -2.6 r -10.8 r -0.6