U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2005-02-17

The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.9 percent in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase followed a 1.4 percent decline in December and was attributable to higher prices for both petroleum and nonpetroleum imports. Export prices increased 0.7 percent in January after advancing 0.2 percent in December. 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 2004 January 1.5 7.3 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 February 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.7 1.5 0.6 March 0.8 5.1 0.2 0.8 3.5 0.5 April 0.2 -0.2 0.3 0.7 2.5 0.5 May 1.5 9.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.3 June -0.2 -1.1 0.1 -0.7 -4.7 -0.2 July 0.4 2.3 0.0 0.5 -1.0 0.7 August 1.5 8.8 0.3 -0.5 -8.4 0.3 September 0.5 3.3 0.1 0.4 1.8 0.3 October 1.6 11.1 r -0.1 0.6 -1.1 r