U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1998-10-14

The U.S. Import Price Index declined 0.1 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease was attributable to the ongoing decline in nonpetroleum import prices. The U.S. Export Price Index fell 0.5 percent in September, as both agricultural and non-agricultural export prices declined. 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 1997 September -0.1 0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3 October 0.2 5.6 -0.3 -0.4 -1.8 -0.2 November -0.4 -3.5 -0.2 0.0 0.7 -0.1 December -1.0 -6.8 -0.4 -0.4 -0.8 -0.4 1998 January -1.3 -10.0 -0.6 -0.7 -2.7 -0.4 February -0.9 -6.5 -0.4 -0.3 -1.5 -0.2 March -0.8 -9.0 -0.3 -0.3 -0.5 -0.3 April -0.3 0.4 -0.3 -0.4 -1.6 -0.2 May -0.1 0.5 -0.2 0.1 1.0 -0.1 June -0.6 r -4.4 r -0.4 -0.5 r 0.0