U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2003-10-09

The U.S. Import Price Index declined 0.5 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Lower petroleum prices led the decline in overall import prices. Export prices were up 0.4 percent in September, the first increase for this index since 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 2002 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 0.3 0.6 -0.4 0.6 March 0.6 -1.1 1.0 0.2 -0.4 0.3 April -3.1 -18.8 -1.0 -0.1 0.4 -0.1 May -0.7 -5.0 -0.2 0.1 2.5 -0.2 June 0.9 r 5.4 r 0.4 -0.2 r -0.5 -0.1 July 0.5 5.1 r 0.1