U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1997-06-19

The U.S. Import Price Index was unchanged in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Imported petroleum prices increased after declining in the three previous months but were offset by a continuing decline in nonpetroleum import prices, down 0.1 percent in May. The U.S. Export Price Index declined 0.2 percent in May. 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 1996 May -0.7 -3.7 -0.3 0.4 3.1 -0.1 June -1.1 -5.8 -0.4 -0.2 -2.2 0.1 July -0.1 1.9 -0.4 -0.5 -1.9 -0.2 August 0.1 2.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 September 1.2 7.5 0.4 -0.8 -7.3 0.2 October 0.5 7.1 -0.3 -0.2 -2.6 0.0 November -0.2 -0.8 -0.1 -0.4 -2.3 0.0 December 0.3 2.0 0.1 0.0 -0.9 0.1 1997 January -0.3 0.6 -0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 February -0.9 -8.1