U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2006-08-11

The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.9 percent in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. A 4.7 percent advance in petroleum prices more than offset a modest 0.1 percent decline in nonpetroleum prices. The price index of overall exports rose 0.4 percent in July following a 0.7 percent increase in June. 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 2006 January 1.2 5.8 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.7 February -0.8 -1.0 -0.7 0.1 -0.7 0.2 March -0.1 0.6 -0.3 0.2 -0.1 0.2 April 2.1 r 11.3 r 0.1 0.7 -0.4 r 0.7 May 1.8 r 6.4 r 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 June 0.0 r -1.4 0.4 0.7 r 2.5 r 0.5 r July 0.9 4.7 -0.1 0.4 1.9 0.2 Import prices rose 0.9 percent in July, led up for the