U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2003-06-12

The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.3 percent in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Both petroleum and nonpetroleum import prices contributed to the decline. Export prices edged up 0.1 percent in May, after declining 0.1 percent in April. 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 2002 May 0.1 2.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 June -0.3 -3.5 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 July 0.4 3.8 0.0 0.3 2.7 0.1 August 0.3 3.7 0.1 0.2 1.7 0.0 September 0.7 5.8 0.1 0.3 3.2 0.1 October 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -1.8 0.1 November -0.9 -8.2 -0.1 0.1 2.0 -0.1 December 0.6 5.6 0.2 -0.2 -0.5 -0.2 2003 January 1.8 14.6 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 February 1.7 11.3 r 0.3 0.6 -0.4 0.6 March 0.6 r -1.0 r 1.0 0.2 -0.4 0.2