U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2007-09-14

The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.3 percent in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today, following a 1.3 percent advance in July. The August decline was led by a 1.3 percent downturn in petroleum prices. In contrast, export prices rose 0.2 percent in August after edging down 0.1 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 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 r 0.6 0.3 r -0.1 r 0.4 r June 1.1 r 4.7 r 0.3 r 0.4 r 2.7 0.2 July 1.3 r 6.4 r 0.1 r -0.1 r 1.4 r -0.2 r August -0.3 -1.3 -0.1 0.2