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New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - FEBRUARY 2014 [13 March 2014]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ximpim.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/ximpim.supp.toc.htm

 

 

U.S. import prices increased 0.9 percent in February following a 0.4 percent advance the previous month,

the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The February advance was led by higher fuel prices

which more than offset declining nonfuel prices. U.S. export prices rose 0.6 percent in February, after

increasing 0.2 percent in January.

 

Imports

 

All Imports: Import prices rose for the third consecutive month in February, increasing 0.9 percent. Despite

the recent increases, prices for overall imports decreased 1.1 percent for the year ended in February, after

declining 0.6 percent from February 2012 to February 2013.

 

Fuel Imports: The price index for import fuel increased 5.1 percent in February, the largest monthly

advance for fuel prices since the index rose 6.1 percent in August 2012. A 4.4 percent increase in petroleum

prices and a 22.4 percent jump in natural gas prices both contributed to the overall advance in fuel prices.

Natural gas prices have risen 120.5 percent since September 2013. Despite the February increase, import

fuel prices fell 0.5 percent over the past year. A 2.6 percent drop in petroleum prices more than offset a 70.6

percent rise in natural gas prices.  

 

All Imports Excluding Fuel: In contrast to fuel prices, nonfuel import prices declined 0.2 percent in

February following a 0.3 percent increase in January. Lower prices for capital goods and foods, feeds, and

beverages drove the February decline in nonfuel prices, while prices for nonfuel industrial supplies and

materials ticked up 0.1 percent and the price indexes for consumer goods and automotive vehicles were

unchanged. Nonfuel import prices also declined over the past 12 months, decreasing 1.2 percent. Lower

prices over the past year for nonfuel industrial supplies and materials, automotive vehicles, and capital

goods all contributed to the decrease in overall nonfuel prices.

 

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