U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1995-02-01

The U.S. Import Price Index declined 0.2 percent in December,the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decrease followed two consecutive monthly increases of 0.7 percent and was attributable to a decline in petroleum prices. In contrast, the U.S. Export Price Index rose 0.7 percent in December, the same as the November increase. Higher agricultural export prices led the increase in overall export prices this 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 1993 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 July 0.9 5.1 0.5 0.2