U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1995-05-26

The U.S. Import Price Index increase of 1.2 percent in April was led by a continuing increase in petroleum prices, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase in import prices was the largest recorded since October 1990. The U.S. Export Price Index also rose in April, advancing 0.8 percent. 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 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 -0.1 0.7 November 0.7 4.1 0.3 0.7 1.6 0.6 December -0.1 -2.1 0.1 0.7 2.4 0.5 1995 January 0.3 1.2 r 0.2