U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2001-01-11

The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.5 percent in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline followed a 0.1 percent increase in the previous month and reflected a downturn for imported petroleum prices. The Export Price Index dipped 0.1 percent in December, after posting no change in November. 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 1999 December 0.6 6.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.7 0.0 2000 January 0.4 3.5 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 February 2.1 14.9 0.3 0.4 1.0 0.4 March 0.1 -0.8 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 April -1.4 -11.3 0.1 -0.1 0.8 -0.2 May 0.4 4.5 -0.2 0.2 0.6 0.3 June 1.3 10.6 0.1 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1 July 0.1 -1.4 0.2 -0.1 -2.1 0.2 August 0.2 0.9 0.1 -0.2 -2.1 -0.1 September 1.1 10.4 r -0.2 0.6 3.2