U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1994-10-28

Led by a sharp drop in petroleum prices, U.S. import prices declined 0.8 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. In contrast, export prices rose 0.4 percent in September. Percent changes in import and export price indexes by End Use category - not seasonally adjusted - Month Non- Agri- Agri- Nonagri- All Petroleum petroleum All cultural cultural Imports Imports Imports Exports Exports Exports 1993 September 0.0 -1.1 0.2 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 October 0.5 1.4 0.4 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 November -0.5 -5.1 -0.1 0.2 2.4 -0.1 December -1.0 -11.0 0.1 0.3 2.9 0.0 1994 January 0.1 -2.1 0.2 0.7 2.5 0.4 February 0.3 5.5 -0.1 0.0 -1.4 0.2 March 0.1 -1.9 0.4 0.2 0.7 0.1 April 0.8 5.3 0.3 0.0 -2.1 0.3 May 0.9 8.4 0.2 0.4 1.4 0.2 June 0.8 5.5 0.3 0.0 -2.2 0.3 r July 0.9 r 5.1 r 0.5 r 0.2 -2.2 r 0.6 r August 0.5 r