U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1994-07-29

Led by a continuing increase in petroleum prices, the U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.7 percent in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The advance in import prices followed increases of 0.8 percent in each of the 2 preceding months. In contrast, export prices were unchanged, on average, in June, after edging up 0.3 percent in May. 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 1993 June -0.5 -4.4 0.0 -0.3 -2.9 0.1 July -0.6 -6.1 0.1 0.2 5.2 -0.5 August 0.0 -1.6 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 September 0.0 -1.1 0.2 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 October 0.5 1.4 0.4 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 November -0.5 -5.1 -0.1 0.2 2.4 -0.1 December -1.0 -11.0 0.1 0.3 2.9 0.0 1994 January 0.1 -2.1 0.2 0.7 2.5 0.4 February 0.3 5.5 -0.1