U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2001-10-11

The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.3 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase followed three consecutive monthly declines and was primarily attributable to a rise in petroleum prices. The Export Price Index edged up 0.1 percent in September�the first increase for this index since January. The reference period for the import and export price indexes is the first week of the month. Accordingly, most data in this release cover the period from September 1st to September 7th. 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 2000 September 1.1 10.4 -0.2 0.6 3.2 0.3 October -0.4 -2.8 0.0 -0.1 0.5 -0.1 November 0.0 0.9 -0.1 0.0 1.0 -0.1 December -0.6 -9.8 0.8 -0.2 1.2 -0.3 2001 January 0.0 -6.0 1.0 0.2 0.5 0.2 February -0.7 0.3