U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1996-03-05

The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.3 percent in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the second consecutive month, the advance was attributable to petroleum import price increases. The U.S. Export Price Index rose 0.5 percent after remaining relatively stable over the previous 3 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 1995 January 0.3 1.2 0.2 0.9 -0.1 0.9 February 0.7 2.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 March 0.6 1.9 0.5 0.6 1.4 0.4 April 0.9 4.7 0.5 0.9 2.0 0.8 May 0.9 3.2 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.2 June -0.4 -3.2 -0.1 0.2 1.4 0.1 July -0.4 -6.3 0.4 0.3 3.8 -0.2 August -0.2 -2.6 0.0 -0.5 -1.4 -0.4 September 0.0 1.9 -0.2 0.2 3.0 -0.2 October -0.5 -2.1 -0.3 0.1 1.9 -0.2 November 0.2