U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2007-11-09

The U.S. Import Price Index advanced 1.8 percent in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today, led by a 6.9 percent rise in petroleum prices. The increase followed a 0.8 percent advance in September. Prices for U.S. exports rose 0.9 percent in October after a 0.3 percent increase the previous 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 2007 January -1.2 -6.6 -0.1 0.4 0.6 0.5 February 0.4 1.7 0.0 0.8 2.8 0.6 March 1.6 8.5 0.3 0.7 2.1 0.6 April 1.4 6.8 0.3 0.4 -1.4 0.5 May 0.9 2.7 0.6 0.3 -0.1 0.4 June 1.2 4.8 0.3 0.4 2.7 0.2 July 1.2 6.0 0.1 0.1 1.6 -0.1 August -0.4 r -1.6 r 0.0 r 0.2 1.0 r 0.2 r September 0.8 r 4.6 r -0.2 0.3 4.1 -0.1