U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2002-08-07

The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.4 percent in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase, the fourth in the past five months, was led by a rise in petroleum prices. The Export Price Index also rose in July, up 0.3 percent after posting no change in the previous two 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 2001 July -1.5 -5.4 -1.1 -0.4 0.9 -0.5 August -0.1 1.8 -0.3 -0.2 1.0 -0.3 September -0.1 0.7 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 0.1 October -2.3 -15.3 -0.5 -0.7 -1.8 -0.5 November -1.5 -13.1 -0.2 -0.5 -1.5 -0.4 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