U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2002-07-10

The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.6 percent in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline was the first since December 2001 and was attributable to a turnaround in prices for imported petroleum, which declined 6.6 percent in June. Import prices excluding petroleum increased 0.1 percent. The Export Price Index was unchanged in June, after decreasing 0.1 percent in 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 2001 June -0.4 -1.0 -0.3 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 July -1.5 -5.4 -1.1 -0.4 0.9 -0.5 August -0.1 1.8 -0.3 -0.2 1.0 -0.3 September -0.1 0.7 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 0.1 October -2.3 -15.3 -0.5 -0.7 -1.8 -0.5 November -1.5 -13.1 -0.2 -0.5 -1.5 -0.4 December -1.0 -6.1 -0.4 -0.2 1.0 -0.3 2002 January 0.2 5.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.7 -0.2 February 0.0