U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2006-02-16

The U.S. Import Price Index rose 1.3 percent in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase followed declines of 1.8 percent and 0.1 percent in November and December, and was primarily led by an increase in petroleum prices. Export prices advanced 0.7 percent in January after a modest 0.1 percent rise 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 0.9 0.8 -1.4 1.0 October 0.1