U.S. Dec import prices rose 0.2 pct

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | January 13, 2004

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U.S. Dec import prices rose 0.2 pct
Tuesday January 13, 8:29 am ET

   WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department report
of U.S. import and export price changes by percent (unadjusted).
.                           Dec     Nov   Dec03/02
ALL IMPORTS                 0.2     0.5     1.9
Petroleum                   1.8     2.1     9.1
Nonpetroleum                0.1     0.2     1.0
Food, Feed, Drink           0.7     0.5     3.0
Industrial Supplies         1.2     1.3     7.7
Capital Goods              -0.2     0.2    -1.0
Motor Vehicles,Parts       unch    unch     0.7
Consumer Goods ExAutos     unch     0.3     0.1
.                           Dec     Nov   Dec03/02
ALL EXPORTS                 0.2     0.5     2.2
Agricultural                0.7     3.9    13.6
Non-Agricultural            0.2     0.2     1.3
Food, Feed, Drink           1.0     3.7    12.8
Industrial Supplies         0.6     0.5     6.5
Capital Goods               0.1     0.1    -0.5
Motor Vehicles,Parts       -0.1    unch     0.5
Consumer Goods ExAutos      0.1     0.2     0.8
The department reported Dec price indices (2000 base year
equals 100) of 97.0 for imports and 100.8 for exports.
 FORECAST:
 Reuters survey of U.S. economists forecast:
 U.S. Dec import prices +0.4 pct
 NOTES/HISTORICALS:
 U.S. Labor Department said U.S. exports' 2.2 pct annual rise
was the largest 12-month cumulative change since 3.3 pct in
1995.

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

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