U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1997-12-11

The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.3 percent in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease was attributable to a turnaround in petroleum prices as well as the continuing decline in nonpetroleum import prices. The Export Price Index was unchanged in November after decreasing in each of the previous two months. 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 1996 November -0.2 -0.8 -0.1 -0.4 -2.3 0.0 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