U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2005-01-13

The U.S. Import Price Index declined 1.3 percent in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease followed a 0.2 percent decline in November and was led by lower petroleum prices. Export prices were up 0.2 percent in December after rising 0.3 percent the previous month. 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 2004 January 1.5 7.3 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 February 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.7 1.5 0.6 March 0.8 5.1 0.2 0.8 3.5 0.5 April 0.2 -0.2 0.3 0.7 2.5 0.5 May 1.5 9.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.3 June -0.2 -1.1 0.1 -0.7 -4.7 -0.2 July 0.4 2.3 0.0 0.5 -1.0 0.7 August 1.5 8.8 0.3 -0.5 -8.4 0.3 September 0.5 3.3 r 0.1 0.4 1.8 r 0.3 October 1.6 11.3 r -0.1 0.6 r -1.2 r