U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2004-11-10

The U.S. Import Price Index rose 1.5 percent in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. An 11.7 percent increase in import petroleum prices last month more than offset a 0.2 percent decline in the price index for nonpetroleum imports. Export prices were up 0.7 percent in October, following a 0.4 percent rise in September. 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 2003 October 0.1 1.6 -0.1 0.2 2.4 0.1 November 0.5 2.1 0.2 0.5 4.0 0.1 December 0.7 5.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 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