U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2001-08-09

The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 1.6 percent in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline, the fifth in the past six months, was attributable to falling prices for both petroleum and nonpetroleum imports. The Export Price Index decreased for the sixth straight month, down 0.4 percent in July. 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 2000 July 0.1 -1.4 0.2 -0.1 -2.1 0.2 August 0.2 0.9 0.1 -0.2 -2.1 -0.1 September 1.1 10.4 -0.2 0.6 3.2 0.3 October -0.4 -2.8 0.0 -0.1 0.5 -0.1 November 0.0 0.9 -0.1 0.0 1.0 -0.1 December -0.6 -9.8 0.8 -0.2 1.2 -0.3 2001 January 0.0 -6.0 1.0 0.2 0.5 0.2 February -0.7 0.3 -0.8 -0.1 -1.4 0.0 March -1.5 -6.5 -0.7 -0.2 0.2 -0.2 April -0.6 r -1.2 -0.5 -0.1