U.S. import prices increase 0.1% in December; export prices advance 0.3%

Prices for U.S. imports increased 0.1 percent in December, after rising 0.1 percent in November. U.S. export prices advanced 0.3 percent in December following no change the previous month. Over the past year, import prices increased 2.2 percent and export prices rose 1.8 percent.