U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2005-03-18

The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.8 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase was led by an advance in petroleum prices and followed a 0.7 percent rise in January. Export prices were unchanged in February after rising 0.9 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 2004 February 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.7 1.5 0.6 March 0.8 5.1 0.2 0.8 3.5 0.5 April 0.2 -0.2 0.3 0.7 2.5 0.5 May 1.5 9.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.3 June -0.2 -1.1 0.1 -0.7 -4.7 -0.2 July 0.4 2.3 0.0 0.5 -1.0 0.7 August 1.5 8.8 0.3 -0.5 -8.4 0.3 September 0.5 3.3 0.1 0.4 1.8 0.3 October 1.6 11.1 -0.1 0.6 -1.1 0.8 November -0.3 -6.0 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.3 December -1.4 -11.5 0.4