U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1996-08-21

The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.2 percent in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease, which followed declines of 1.1 percent in June and 0.6 percent in May, was due to a continued decline in nonpetroleum import prices. The U.S. Export Price Index also fell in July, decreasing 0.5 percent after dipping 0.2 percent in June. 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 1995 July -0.4 -6.3 0.4 0.3 3.8 -0.2 August -0.2 -2.6 0.0 -0.5 -1.4 -0.4 September 0.0 1.9 -0.2 0.2 3.0 -0.2 October -0.5 -2.1 -0.3 0.1 1.9 -0.2 November 0.2 0.5 0.2 -0.1 2.2 -0.3 December 0.4 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.8 -0.2 1996 January 0.2 4.8 -0.3 0.5 1.7 0.3 February -0.2 -1.3 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 March