U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2006-01-12

The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.2 percent in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline followed a 1.8 percent decrease in November and was again led by lower petroleum prices. Export prices increased a modest 0.1 percent in December after falling 0.7 percent the previous month. 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 2005 January 0.6 2.2 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.8 February 0.9 5.1 0.1 0.1 -0.5 0.1 March 2.2 13.4 0.3 0.7 3.8 0.4 April 0.9 3.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.6 May -0.8 -4.4 -0.2 -0.2 2.0 -0.5 June 1.2 8.9 -0.2 0.0 1.0 -0.1 July 1.2 7.7 -0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 August 1.4 7.4 0.1 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 September 2.1 6.9 r 0.9 0.8 -1.4 r 1.0 October 0.1 r -2.5 r 0.8 r