November 10, 1999 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Rises in import
prices by locality last month
The price index for imports from Japan
continued a recent upturn, rising 0.3 percent in October after increasing
0.6 percent the previous month. Over the past 12 months, the index was up
2.5 percent.
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Prices of imports from the Asian Newly Industrialized Countries rose
0.6 percent in October, the largest increase in the index since monthly
publication began in October 1992. Despite recording gains in two of the
past three months, the index fell 1.4 percent during the year ended in
October.
The price indexes for imports from Latin America and Canada rose 1.5
percent and 0.6 percent, respectively, in October. Over the October
1998-99 period, the prices of imports from Latin America rose 10.5
percent, while the prices of imports from Canada were up 4.6 percent.
The price index of imports from the European Union also increased in
October, as prices for nonmanufactured goods rose and prices for
manufactured goods were unchanged. The overall index for imports from the
European Union rose 0.3 percent in October and 0.4 percent for the year
ended in October.
These data are a product of the BLS
International
Price program. Find out more in
"U.S.
Import and Export Price Indexes - October
1999," news release USDL
99-318. The Asian Newly Industrialized Countries include Hong Kong,
Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. Latin America includes Mexico, Central
America, South America, and the Caribbean. Note: import
price data are subject to revision in each of the three months after
original publication.
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