U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1998-01-14

The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.6 percent in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease was attributable to the continuing decline in nonpetroleum prices, as well as the recent downturn in petroleum prices. The U.S. Export Price Index also fell in December, decreasing 0.4 percent. Percent changes in import and export price indexes by End Use category - not seasonally adjusted - IMPORTS EXPORTS Month Non- Agri- Nonagri- All Petroleum petroleum All cultural cultural Imports Imports Imports Exports Exports Exports 1996 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 -0.5 0.0 -0.4 0.0 May 0.0 1.1 -0.1 -0.3 -1.2 0.0 June -0.1 -2.0 0.1 -0.1 -2.0 0.1 July -0.2 -1.3 -0.2 0.0 -1.1 0.0 August -0.1 2.3 -0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 September -0.1 0.2 r 0.0