U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2002-06-12

The U.S. Import Price Index was unchanged in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The index increased 1.6 percent in April and 1.3 percent in March. The Export Price Index decreased 0.1 percent in May, after increasing in April and March by 0.4 percent and 0.3 percent, respectively. 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 2001 May 0.2 4.8 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 June -0.4 -1.0 -0.3 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 July -1.5 -5.4 -1.1 -0.4 0.9 -0.5 August -0.1 1.8 -0.3 -0.2 1.0 -0.3 September -0.1 0.7 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 0.1 October -2.3 -15.3 -0.5 -0.7 -1.8 -0.5 November -1.5 -13.1 -0.2 -0.5 -1.5 -0.4 December -1.0 -6.1 -0.4 -0.2 1.0 -0.3 2002 January 0.2 5.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.7 -0.2 February 0.0 4.3 -0.4 -0.2 -2.6 0.0 March