U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2000-03-15

The U.S. Import Price Index rose 1.9 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase--the largest since October 1990--was primarily led by higher prices for imported petroleum products. Nonpetroleum import prices were also up in February. Export prices increased in February, up 0.5 percent after edging up 0.1 percent 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 1999 February -0.1 -0.5 0.0 -0.2 -2.4 0.1 March 0.2 13.9 -0.5 -0.4 -3.0 -0.2 April 1.1 20.3 -0.2 0.2 0.5 0.2 May 0.7 7.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.0 June -0.1 0.4 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.1 July 1.0 13.5 -0.1 -0.1 -2.2 0.1 August 1.1 11.7 0.1 0.3 1.9 0.1 September 1.0 8.3 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.1 October 0.2 1.7 0.0 0.3 -0.1 0.4 November 0.8 4.1 r