U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2003-08-13

The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.5 percent in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase was led by rising petroleum prices. Export prices dipped 0.1 percent in July after falling 0.2 percent in June. 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 2002 July 0.4 3.8 0.0 0.3 2.7 0.1 August 0.3 3.7 0.1 0.2 1.7 0.0 September 0.7 5.8 0.1 0.3 3.2 0.1 October 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -1.8 0.1 November -0.9 -8.2 -0.1 0.1 2.0 -0.1 December 0.6 5.6 0.2 -0.2 -0.5 -0.2 2003 January 1.8 14.6 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 February 1.7 11.3 0.3 0.6 -0.4 0.6 March 0.6 -1.1 1.0 0.2 -0.4 0.3 April -3.1 -18.8 r -1.0 -0.1 0.4 -0.1 May -0.7 r -5.0 r -0.2 r 0.1 2.5 r -0.2 June