U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2002-01-10

The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.9 percent in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline followed drops of 1.4 percent and 2.3 percent in November and October, respectively. The Export Price Index also fell for the third consecutive month, down 0.2 percent in December. 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 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 -0.4 -0.2 1.1 -0.3 September 0.0 0.6 -0.1 0.1 -0.3 0.2 October -2.3 r