U.S. OCT import prices rose 0.1 pct

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | November 13, 2003

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U.S. OCT import prices rose 0.1 pct
Thursday November 13, 8:32 am ET

   WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department report
of U.S. import and export price changes by percent (unadjusted).
.                           Oct    Sept   Oct03/02
ALL IMPORTS                 0.1    -0.4     0.9
Petroleum                   2.3    -5.0     3.4
Nonpetroleum               -0.1     0.2     0.7
Food, Feed, Drink           0.1     0.4     1.7
Industrial Supplies         0.8    -1.3     4.8
Capital Goods              -0.5    -0.1    -1.1
Motor Vehicles,Parts        0.6    -0.1     0.4
Consumer Goods ExAutos     -0.1    unch    -0.3
.                           Oct    Sept   Oct03/02
ALL EXPORTS                 0.3     0.4     1.4
Agriculture                 2.5     5.6    10.5
Nonagriculture              0.1    -0.1     0.6
Food, Feed, Drink           1.8     5.5     9.3
Industrial Supplies         0.8     0.1     4.7
Capital Goods              -0.1    -0.1    -0.8
Motor Vehicles,Parts        0.2    -0.1     0.5
Consumer Goods ExAutos      0.2     0.1     0.3
The department reported Oct price indices (2000 base year
equals 100) of 96.4 for imports and 100.1 for exports.
FORECAST:
Reuters survey of U.S. economists forecast:
U.S. Oct import prices +0.5 pct
HISTORICAL COMPARISONS/NOTES:
U.S. Sept import prices for automotive vehicles at +0.6
largest increase since matching +0.6 in April 1995.

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The full BLS report is at U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - OCTOBER 2003

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