U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2004-03-11

The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.4 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase was attributable primarily to higher nonpetroleum import prices. Export prices also were up in February, increasing 0.6 percent for the second consecutive 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 2003 February 1.7 11.3 0.3 0.6 -0.4 0.6 March 0.6 -1.1 1.0 0.2 -0.4 0.3 April -3.1 -18.8 -1.0 -0.1 0.4 -0.1 May -0.7 -5.0 -0.2 0.1 2.5 -0.2 June 0.9 5.4 0.4 -0.2 -0.5 -0.1 July 0.5 5.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 August 0.0 1.8 -0.3 0.0 -1.0 0.1 September -0.5 -5.8 0.3 0.4 5.4 -0.1 October 0.1 1.6 -0.1 0.2 2.4 0.1 November 0.5 2.1 r 0.2 0.5 4.0 0.1 December 0.6 r 4.3 r 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.2