U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2003-01-14

The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.7 percent in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase was largely attributable to an upturn in petroleum prices. The Export Price Index decreased 0.2 percent in December, after increasing 0.1 percent in 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 2001 December -1.0 -6.1 -0.4 -0.2 1.0 -0.3 2002 January 0.2 5.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.7 -0.2 February 0.0 4.3 -0.4 -0.2 -2.6 0.0 March 1.3 17.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.3 April 1.6 12.7 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.3 May 0.1 2.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 June -0.3 -3.5 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 July 0.4 3.8 0.0 0.3 2.7 0.1 August 0.3 3.7 0.1 0.2 1.7 0.0 September 0.7 5.8 0.1 r 0.3 3.2 r 0.1 October 0.0 -0.1 r