U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2000-12-13

The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.2 percent in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase was largely attributable to a rise in imported petroleum prices. The Export Price Index was unchanged 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 November 0.8 4.1 0.4 0.2 -0.9 0.3 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 r 0.1 -0.2 -2.1 -0.1 September 1.1 r 10.3 r -0.2 0.6 r 3.2 0.3 October -0.5 -3.2