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U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - DECEMBER 2014 [14 January 2015]

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

 

 

The price index for U.S. imports fell 2.5 percent in December following a 1.8-percent drop in November

and a 1.4-percent decline in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Each of the

monthly decreases was driven by lower fuel prices. U.S. export prices declined 1.2 percent in December,

after decreasing 0.8 percent the previous month.

 

Imports

 

All Imports: U.S. import prices fell 2.5 percent in December, the largest 1-month decline since a 4.6-

percent drop in December 2008. Import prices have not recorded a monthly advance since rising 0.3 percent

in June and fell 7.3 percent over the second half of 2014. The price index for imports decreased 5.5 percent

overall in 2014, the largest calendar-year drop since falling 10.1 percent in 2008.

 

Fuel Imports: Fuel prices declined 15.1 percent in December following an 8.7-percent decrease in

November and a 6.7-percent drop in October. The December decrease was led by a 16.6-percent decline in

petroleum prices which more than offset a 15.3-percent increase in natural gas prices. Overall fuel prices fell

28.6 percent in 2014, the largest calendar-year decrease since a 47.0-percent drop in 2008. Petroleum prices

decreased 30.1 percent for the year ended in December while prices for natural gas declined 1.6 percent

over the same period.

 

All Imports Excluding Fuel: The price index for nonfuel imports edged down 0.1 percent in December,

after falling 0.3 percent the previous month. The December drop was driven by lower prices for consumer

goods, nonfuel industrial supplies and materials, and capital goods which more than offset rising foods,

feeds, and beverages prices. Overall nonfuel prices recorded no change in 2014 following a 1.2-percent

decline the previous year. In 2014, lower prices for capital goods, automotive vehicles, and nonfuel

industrial supplies and materials offset higher foods, feeds, and beverages prices and prices for consumer

goods.

 

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....

 

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