U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2002-03-14

The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.1 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline followed a 0.4 percent increase in January and was attributable to a decline in nonpetroleum prices. The Export Price Index was down 0.2 percent in February, the fifth consecutive decrease for this index. 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 2001 February -0.6 0.2 -0.8 -0.1 -1.5 0.0 March -1.6 -6.5 -0.8 -0.2 0.3 -0.2 April -0.5 -1.1 -0.5 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 May 0.2 4.8 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 June -0.4 -1.0 -0.3 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 July -1.5 -5.4 -1.1 -0.4 0.9 -0.5 August -0.1 1.8 -0.3 -0.2 1.0 -0.3 September -0.1 0.7 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 0.1 October -2.3 -15.3 -0.5 -0.7 -1.8 -0.5 November -1.5 -13.1 r -0.2 -0.5 r