U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2000-11-08

The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.5 percent in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease was attributable to a decline in petroleum import prices. The Export Price Index declined 0.1 percent in October. 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 1999 October 0.2 1.7 0.0 0.3 -0.1 0.4 November 0.8 4.1 0.4 0.2 -0.9 0.3 December 0.6 6.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.7 0.0 2000 January 0.4 3.5 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 February 2.1 14.9 0.3 0.4 1.0 0.4 March 0.1 -0.8 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 April -1.4 -11.3 0.1 -0.1 0.8 -0.2 May 0.4 4.5 -0.2 0.2 0.6 0.3 June 1.3 10.6 0.1 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1 July 0.1 r -1.4 r 0.2 r -0.1 r -2.1 0.2 August 0.2 1.0 r 0.1 -0.2 r -2.1 -0.1 September