U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2007-12-12

The U.S. Import Price Index increased 2.7 percent in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase was the largest monthly advance since October 1990 and was led by a 9.8 percent rise in petroleum prices. Prices for U.S. exports rose 0.9 percent in November after a 0.8 percent increase the previous month. 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 2007 January -1.2 -6.6 -0.1 0.4 0.6 0.5 February 0.4 1.7 0.0 0.8 2.8 0.6 March 1.6 8.5 0.3 0.7 2.1 0.6 April 1.4 6.8 0.3 0.4 -1.4 0.5 May 0.9 2.7 0.6 0.3 -0.1 0.4 June 1.2 4.8 0.3 0.4 2.7 0.2 July 1.2 6.0 0.1 0.1 1.6 -0.1 August -0.3 r -1.5 r 0.0 0.2 1.0 0.1 r September 0.6 r 2.9 r -0.1 r 0.3