U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1997-05-21

The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.9 percent in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The monthly decline was the fourth in a row with both petroleum and nonpetroleum import prices contributing to the April drop. The U.S. Export Price Index declined 0.6 percent in April, led by falling agricultural export prices. Percent changes in import and export price indexes by End Use category - not seasonally adjusted - IMPORTS EXPORTS Month Non- Agri- Nonagri- All Petroleum petroleum All cultural cultural Imports Imports Imports Exports Exports Exports 1996 April 0.9 8.5 -0.1 0.6 4.8 0.0 May -0.7 -3.7 -0.3 0.4 3.1 -0.1 June -1.1 -5.8 -0.4 -0.2 -2.2 0.1 July -0.1 1.9 -0.4 -0.5 -1.9 -0.2 August 0.1 2.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 September 1.2 7.5 0.4 -0.8 -7.3 0.2 October 0.5 7.1 -0.3 -0.2 -2.6 0.0 November -0.2 -0.8 -0.1 -0.4 -2.3 0.0 December 0.3 2.0 0.1 0.0 -0.9 0.1 1997