U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1999-03-11

The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.1 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease followed a 0.3 percent gain in January and was attributable to a decline in prices for both petroleum and nonpetroleum products. The U.S. Export Price Index was also down 0.1 percent in February after posting no change, on average, in January. 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 1998 February -0.9 -6.5 -0.4 -0.3 -1.5 -0.2 March -0.8 -9.0 -0.3 -0.3 -0.5 -0.3 April -0.3 0.4 -0.3 -0.4 -1.6 -0.2 May -0.1 0.5 -0.2 0.1 1.0 -0.1 June -0.6 -4.4 -0.4 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 July -0.9 -5.4 -0.4 -0.3 0.3 -0.4 August -0.4 -0.6 -0.4 -0.5 -4.1 -0.1 September 0.2 6.4 -0.2 -0.5 -2.9 -0.2 October 0.2 2.3 0.1