U.S. July import prices rose 0.5 pct

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | August 13, 2003

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U.S. July import prices rose 0.5 pct
Wednesday August 13, 8:28 am ET

   WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department report
of U.S. import and export price changes by percent (unadjusted).
.                          July    June  July03/02
ALL IMPORTS                 0.5     0.7     2.1
Petroleum                   3.7     4.2    11.6
Nonpetroleum                0.1     0.4     1.2
Food, Feed, Drink           0.9    -0.4     5.3
Industrial Supplies         1.8     2.6     9.1
Capital Goods              -0.1     0.2    -1.4
Motor Vehicles,Parts       unch     0.2     0.6
Consumer Goods ExAutos     -0.1     0.3    -0.1
.                          July    June  July03/02
ALL EXPORTS                -0.1    -0.2     1.1
Agricultural               unch    -0.6     6.3
Non-Agricultural           -0.1    -0.1     0.7
Food, Feed, Drink          -0.3    -1.0     6.2
Industrial Supplies        -0.3     0.7     4.4
Capital Goods              unch    -0.6    -0.8
Motor Vehicles,Parts       unch     0.1     0.7
Consumer Goods ExAutos     unch     0.2     0.5
The department reported July price indices (2000 base year
equals 100) of 96.5 for imports and 99.4 for exports.
 FORECAST:
 Reuters survey of U.S. economists forecast:
 U.S. July import prices +0.3 pct

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

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