U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1994-01-28

The U.S. Import Price Index declined 0.9 percent in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease followed a 0.6 percent fall in November and was attributable to a continuing decline in petroleum prices. In contrast, the U.S. Export Price Index rose 0.3 percent in December, the same as the November increase. The advance was again due to higher prices for agricultural exports. Import and export price indexes and percent changes by End Use category - not seasonally adjusted - Month Non- Agri- Nonagri- All Petroleum petroleum All cultural cultural Imports Imports Imports Exports Exports Exports 1992 December -1.7 -8.6 -1.0 0.2 1.5 -0.1 1993 January -0.2 -2.0 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.0 February 0.0 1.8 -0.3 0.2 -0.6 0.4 March 0.5 3.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 April 0.5 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 May 0.3 -0.4 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.3 June -0.5 -4.4 0.0 -0.3 -2.9 0.1 July -0.6 -6.1 0.1 0.2