U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2007-02-15

The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 1.2 percent in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline followed a 1.1 percent rise in December and was led by a 7.3 percent downturn in petroleum prices. Export prices rose 0.3 percent in January, after increasing 0.7 percent 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 2006 January 1.2 5.8 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.7 February -0.8 -1.0 -0.7 0.1 -0.7 0.2 March -0.1 0.6 -0.3 0.2 -0.1 0.2 April 2.1 11.3 0.1 0.7 -0.4 0.7 May 1.8 6.4 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 June 0.1 -1.1 0.4 0.7 2.6 0.6 July 0.8 3.6 0.0 0.4 1.9 0.2 August 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.5 September -2.2 -11.0 0.1 -0.4 -0.5 -0.4 October -2.5 r -10.4 r -0.6 -0.3 1.0