U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2006-12-14

The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.2 percent in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase was led by a 0.7 percent advance in nonpetroleum prices, which more than offset a decline in the price index for petroleum. Export prices increased 0.4 percent in November, following decreases in each of the two previous months. 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 11.3 0.1 0.7 -0.4 0.7 May 1.8 6.4 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 June 0.1 -1.1 0.4 0.7 2.6 0.6 July 0.8 3.6 0.0 0.4 1.9 0.2 August 0.5 r 1.0 r 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.5 r September -2.2 r -10.9 r 0.1