U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1997-08-19

The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.2 percent in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Declines in both imported petroleum prices and nonpetroleum prices contributed to the July decrease. Led by a continued decline in agricultural prices, the U.S. Export Price Index also decreased in July, falling 0.1 percent. Percent changes in import and export price indexes by End Use category - not seasonally adjusted - Non- Agri- Nonagri- All Petroleum petroleum All cultural cultural Imports Imports Imports Exports Exports Exports 1996 July -0.1 1.9 -0.4 -0.5 -1.9 -0.2 August 0.1 2.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 September 1.2 7.5 0.4 -0.8 -7.3 0.2 October 0.5 7.1 -0.3 -0.2 -2.6 0.0 November -0.2 -0.8 -0.1 -0.4 -2.3 0.0 December 0.3 2.0 0.1 0.0 -0.9 0.1 1997 January -0.3 0.6 -0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 February -0.9 -8.1 -0.1 0.2 2.1 0.0 March -1.3 -8.7 -0.4 0.1 1.5 -0.1 April -1.1 -7.3 r -0.5 -0.7