U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2001-12-12

The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 1.6 percent in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline followed a 2.4 percent decrease in October and reflected continuing drops in both petroleum and nonpetroleum prices. The Export Price Index also continued to fall in November, down 0.4 percent after falling 0.7 percent in October. 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 2000 November 0.0 0.9 -0.1 0.0 1.0 -0.1 December -0.6 -9.8 0.8 -0.2 1.2 -0.3 2001 January 0.0 -6.0 1.0 0.2 0.5 0.2 February -0.7 0.3 -0.8 -0.1 -1.4 0.0 March -1.5 -6.5 -0.7 -0.2 0.2 -0.2 April -0.6 -1.2 -0.5 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 May 0.3 4.7 -0.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 June -0.4 -1.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 July -1.6 -5.4 -1.0 -0.3 0.8 -0.5 August -0.1 1.8