U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2002-02-14

The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.4 percent in January 2002, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The upturn, the first since May of last year, was led by a turnaround in prices for petroleum. In January, the Export Price Index fell for the fourth straight month, dipping 0.1 percent. 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 2001 January 0.0 -6.0 0.9 0.2 0.5 0.2 February -0.6 0.2 -0.8 -0.1 -1.5 0.0 March -1.6 -6.5 -0.8 -0.2 0.3 -0.2 April -0.5 -1.1 -0.5 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 May 0.2 4.8 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 June -0.4 -1.0 -0.3 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 July -1.5 -5.4 -1.1 -0.4 0.9 -0.5 August -0.1 1.8 -0.3 -0.2 1.0 -0.3 September -0.1 0.7 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 0.1 October -2.3 -15.3 -0.5 -0.7 -1.8 -0.5 November