U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1995-03-31

The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.6 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The index had increased 0.3 percent in January after declining 0.1 percent in December. The U.S. Export Price Index also rose 0.6 percent in February, following increases of 0.9 percent in January and 0.7 percent in each of the 2 preceding months. 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 1994 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 -2.2 0.6 August 0.5 -1.1 0.7 0.2 -1.2 0.3 September -0.5 -7.6 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.2 October 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6