U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2006-03-15

The U.S. Import Price Index declined 0.5 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease followed a 1.4 percent increase in January and was impacted by lower prices for both nonpetroleum and petroleum imports. Export prices were unchanged for the month after rising 0.7 percent in January. 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 2005 February 0.9 5.1 0.1 0.1 -0.5 0.1 March 2.2 13.4 0.3 0.7 3.8 0.4 April 0.9 3.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.6 May -0.8 -4.4 -0.2 -0.2 2.0 -0.5 June 1.2 8.9 -0.2 0.0 1.0 -0.1 July 1.2 7.7 -0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 August 1.4 7.4 0.1 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 September 2.1 6.9 0.9 0.8 -1.4 1.0 October 0.1 -3.1 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.8 November -1.9 r -9.4 r -0.1 -0.6 r