June 9, 2000 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Import, export prices up in May
The U.S. Import
Price Index increased 0.6 percent in May. The increase in May was
attributable to a 6.5 percent upturn in petroleum prices, as nonpetroleum
prices declined 0.2 percent.
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Export prices also rose in May, up 0.2 percent, after dipping 0.1
percent in April. Both agricultural and nonagricultural exports posted
gains in May. Led by higher prices for soybeans and wheat, the index for
agricultural exports increased 0.2 percent. Nonagricultural export prices
also increased in May, gaining 0.1 percent. The rise for nonagricultural
exports was attributable to an increase for nonagricultural industrial
supplies and materials.
These data are a product of the BLS International
Price program. Learn more in "U.S.
Import and Export Price Indexes - May 2000,"
news release USDL 00-168. Note: import and export price data are subject
to revision in each of the three months after original publication.
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