U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1999-05-12

The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.8 percent in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase was attributable to the upswing in imported petroleum prices and followed a 0.1 percent rise in March. The price index for U.S. exports also rose in April, increasing 0.2 percent after decreasing in each of the prior 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 1998 April -0.3 0.4 -0.3 -0.4 -1.6 -0.2 May -0.1 0.5 -0.2 0.1 1.0 -0.1 June -0.6 -4.4 -0.4 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 July -0.9 -5.4 -0.4 -0.3 0.3 -0.4 August -0.4 -0.6 -0.4 -0.5 -4.1 -0.1 September 0.2 6.4 -0.2 -0.5 -2.9 -0.2 October 0.2 2.3 0.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 November -0.5 -9.7 0.1 0.2 1.7 0.0 December -1.0 -13.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.7 -0.2 1999