U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2005-12-14

Import prices decreased 1.7 percent in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today, following a 0.3 percent increase in October. Falling petroleum prices led the overall decrease, although nonpetroleum prices also declined. The U.S. Export price index decreased 0.9 percent in November after increasing 0.7 percent 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 2005 January 0.6 2.2 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.8 February 0.9 5.1 0.1 0.1 -0.5 0.1 March 2.2 13.4 0.3 0.7 3.8 0.4 April 0.9 3.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.6 May -0.8 -4.4 -0.2 -0.2 2.0 -0.5 June 1.2 8.9 -0.2 0.0 1.0 -0.1 July 1.2 7.7 -0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 August 1.4 7.4 r 0.1 -0.2 r -0.6 -0.1 September 2.1 r 6.7 r 0.9 r 0.8 -1.3 1.0 r October 0.3 r