U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2002-11-14

The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.1 percent in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The small advance was attributable to a rise in petroleum prices. The Export Price Index was unchanged in October, after increasing in each of the previous three 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 2001 October -2.3 -15.3 -0.5 -0.7 -1.8 -0.5 November -1.5 -13.1 -0.2 -0.5 -1.5 -0.4 December -1.0 -6.1 -0.4 -0.2 1.0 -0.3 2002 January 0.2 5.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.7 -0.2 February 0.0 4.3 -0.4 -0.2 -2.6 0.0 March 1.3 17.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.3 April 1.6 12.7 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.3 May 0.1 2.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 June -0.3 -3.5 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 July 0.4 3.8 0.0 r 0.3 2.7 r 0.1 August 0.4 r 4.1