U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2001-06-13

The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.3 percent in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase followed three consecutive monthly declines and was attributable to rising prices for petroleum imports. The Export Price Index decreased for the fourth straight month, down 0.3 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 2000 May 0.4 4.5 -0.2 0.2 0.6 0.3 June 1.3 10.6 0.1 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1 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 r 0.3 -0.8 r -0.1 r -1.4 0.0