U.S. Import Prices Rose in September
By Paulo Trevisani
U.S. import prices rose in September for the second consecutive month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday.
Overall import prices rose 1.1% in September, after expanding by 0.5% in August, the BLS said. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had forecast a 0.8% increase. Year-on-year import prices were up 8.1%, the BLS said.
Import prices exclude duties, such as tariffs imposed on imports by the Trump administration, as well as transportation costs.
Petroleum import prices were 4.6% higher, while natural gas prices rose 1.6%.
The petroleum and petroleum products import price index rose 35.4% compared with a year earlier, while for natural gas the increase was 96.5%.
Prices for all nonfuel imports were up 0.7% last month. The increases were driven by capital goods; nonfuel industrial supplies and materials; consumer goods, excluding automotives; as well as automotive vehicles, parts and engines, the BLS said.
Write to Paulo Trevisani at paulo.trevisani@wsj.com
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The Labor Department report on import and export prices can be accessed at: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.toc.htm.
Write to Dorene Lomanto-Kulp at dorene.lomanto@wsj.com
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October 16, 2026 09:10 ET (13:10 GMT)
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