U.S. Nov import prices rose 0.4 pct

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | December 11, 2003

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U.S. Nov import prices rose 0.4 pct
Thursday December 11, 8:31 am ET

   WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department report
of U.S. import and export price changes by percent (unadjusted).
.                           Nov     Oct   Nov03/02
ALL IMPORTS                 0.4    unch     2.1
Petroleum                   1.1     1.4    11.9
Nonpetroleum                0.3    -0.1     1.1
Food, Feed, Drink           0.2     0.2     2.3
Industrial Supplies         0.9     0.4     8.6
Capital Goods               0.2    -0.5    -0.9
Motor Vehicles, Parts      unch     0.7     0.8
Consumer Goods ExAutos      0.3    -0.1     0.2
.                           Nov     Oct   Nov03/02
ALL EXPORTS                 0.5     0.3     1.8
Agricultural                4.3     2.3    12.8
Non-Agricultural            0.2     0.1     0.9
Food, Feed, Drink           3.8     1.6    11.0
Industrial Supplies         0.6     0.8     5.7
Capital Goods               0.1    -0.1    -0.8
Motor Vehicles, Parts      -0.1     0.2     0.4
Consumer Goods ExAutos      0.2     0.4     0.7
 The department reported Nov price indices (2000 base year
equals 100) of 96.6 for imports and 100.6 for exports.
 FORECAST:
 Reuters survey of U.S. economists forecast:
 U.S. Nov import prices +0.2 pct
 NOTES/HISTORICALS:
 U.S. November import prices for consumer goods excluding
autos at +0.3 pct is the largest increase since +0.4 pct in July
2000.

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

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