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8:30am 02/13/04 U.S. DEC. TRADE GAP ABOVE CONSENSUS OF $39.6 BLN
8:30am 02/13/04 U.S. JAN. EU IMPORT PRICES UP 1.5%, MATCHING RECORD
8:30am 02/13/04 U.S. CALENDAR YEAR 2003 TRADE GAP RECORD $489.4 BLN
8:30am 02/13/04 U.S. JAN. CANADIAN IMPORT PRICES UP 1.6%
8:30am 02/13/04 U.S. JAN. PETROLEUM IMPORT PRICES UP 6.2%
8:30am 02/13/04 U.S. JAN. EXPORT PRICES UP 0.5%
8:31am 02/13/04 U.S. JAN. EX-OIL IMPORT PRICES UP 0.7%
8:30am 02/13/04 U.S. DEC. TRADE GAP WIDENS 10.8% TO $42.5 BLN
8:30am 02/13/04 U.S. JAN. IMPORT PRICES UP 1.3%, MOST IN 11 MONTHS


U.S. Dec. trade gap widens dramatically
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The U.S. trade deficit widened by 10.8 percent in December to $42.5 billion, the Commerce Department said.
The trade deficit was well above the consensus forecast of Wall Street economists of a deficit of $39.6 billion.
Imports rose while exports slipped in December.
Imports rose 3.0 percent to a record $132.8 billion.
Exports fell 0.2 percent to $90.4 billion.
The trade deficit set a new annual record. For all of 2003, the trade deficit totaled $489.4 billion, up 17.1 percent from the previous record of $418 billion set in 2002.
The U.S. trade deficit with China widened to $9.9 billion in December from $9.6 billion in the same month one year ago.

U.S. Jan. import prices surge on oil, dollar
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - A 6.2 percent increase in petroleum prices pushed import prices up 1.8 percent in January, the biggest increase in 11 months, the Labor Department said Friday.
Import prices are up 1.8 percent in the past 12 months.
Excluding petroleum, import prices advanced 0.7 percent, the largest increase since March. Prices of petroleum, natural gas and other industrial supplies increased 4.4 percent, the largest increase in nearly two years.
Natural gas prices soared 20.8 percent.
The jump reflects not only higher oil prices but also the impact of the weakening dollar on commodities priced in other currencies.
Prices of imports from the European Union jumped 1.5 percent, matching the record.