U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1998-05-12

The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.1 percent in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease was attributable to the continued decline in nonpetroleum import prices. The U.S. Export Price Index fell 0.3 percent in April, the same as in the previous two 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 1997 April -1.1 -7.3 -0.5 0.0 -0.4 0.0 May 0.0 1.1 -0.1 -0.3 -1.2 0.0 June -0.1 -2.0 0.1 -0.1 -2.0 0.1 July -0.2 -1.3 -0.2 0.0 -1.1 0.0 August -0.1 2.3 -0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 September -0.1 0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3 October 0.2 5.6 -0.3 -0.4 -1.8 -0.2 November -0.4 -3.5 -0.2 0.0 0.7 -0.1 December -1.0 -6.8 -0.4 -0.4 -0.8 -0.4 1998 January -1.3 -10.0 r -0.6 -0.7 -2.7 -0.4 February