U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1994-06-28

Dominated by a continuing increase in petroleum prices, the U.S. Import Price Index rose 1.1 percent in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The rise followed a 0.8 percent advance in April. U.S. export prices were up 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 1993 May 0.3 -0.4 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.3 June -0.5 -4.4 0.0 -0.3 -2.9 0.1 July -0.6 -6.1 0.1 0.2 5.2 -0.5 August 0.0 -1.6 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 September 0.0 -1.1 0.2 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 October 0.5 1.4 0.4 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 November -0.5 -5.1 -0.1 0.2 2.4 -0.1 December -1.0 -11.0 0.1 0.3 2.9 0.0 1994 January 0.1 -2.1 0.2 0.7 2.5 0.4 February 0.3 5.5 -0.1 r 0.0 -1.4 0.2 March 0.1 -1.9 0.4 r