U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2006-10-13

The U.S. Import Price Index fell 2.1 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline was the first in six months and was driven by a 10.3 percent drop in petroleum prices. Export prices decreased 0.5 percent in September, the first decline for the index since November 2005. 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 r 0.6 July 0.8 r 3.9 r 0.1 r 0.4 1.9 0.2 r August 0.8 2.1 r 0.5 0.4 0.9 r 0.5 r September -2.1 -10.3 0.1 -0.5 -0.7