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Producer Price Index - Metals and metal products

Producer Price Index - Metals and metal products (not seasonally adjusted data)
Commodity and Year
Historical data Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Metals and metal products

2023

309.964 311.822 314.568 316.947 318.434 315.603 310.956 309.086 306.748 304.403 (p)304.048 (p)308.390 (p)310.914

2024

  (p)311.958 (p)313.182                      

Iron and steel

2023

323.534 332.616 340.753 347.827 356.020 348.799 335.160 331.341 323.710 316.875 (p)314.596 (p)325.942 (p)333.098

2024

  (p)337.235 (p)341.525                      

Foundry and forge shop products

2023

277.979 279.753 280.447 282.650 281.830 281.733 279.632 280.992 280.572 278.836 (p)278.358 (p)280.827 (p)280.301

2024

  (p)282.750 (p)283.179                      

Steel mill products

2023

308.022 315.255 318.190 329.705 347.224 345.801 329.450 322.940 311.522 304.112 (p)297.967 (p)305.208 (p)319.616

2024

  (p)321.790 (p)330.991                      

Nonferrous metal ores

2023

566.936 538.419 559.733 563.295 556.649 545.638 522.674 506.756 509.339 518.539 (p)528.864 (p)534.075 (p)537.577

2024

  (p)528.855 (p)523.806                      

Copper ores

2023

                         

2024

                           

Primary nonferrous metals

2023

251.897 255.570 242.279 244.570 251.809 251.261 256.294 246.357 251.022 245.972 (p)247.491 (p)244.912 (p)249.120

2024

  (p)246.485 (p)255.362                      

Other nonferrous metals, unalloyed

2023

367.011 378.815 347.287 353.854 371.566 375.913 392.896 367.232 377.113 360.932 (p)365.393 (p)362.976 (p)368.416

2024

  (p)362.315                        

Nonferrous scrap

2023

482.564 470.278 460.253 459.532 466.586 454.429 443.009 445.230 439.167 433.926 (p)431.233 (p)444.384 (p)452.549

2024

  (p)434.329 (p)431.086                      

Copper base scrap

2023

617.438 622.791 624.212 621.739 604.814 607.693 607.231 602.917 599.074 583.059 (p)585.860 (p)596.211 (p)606.087

2024

  (p)593.740 (p)607.695                      

Aluminum base scrap

2023

254.688 256.530 248.700 247.480 250.869 253.660 248.272 251.292 246.802 247.713 (p)254.256 (p)258.311 (p)251.548

2024

  (p)255.226 (p)260.789                      

Secondary nonferrous metals

2023

327.926 329.849 330.920 329.565 328.024 320.328 316.408 311.874 310.906 306.407 (p)307.125 (p)307.207 (p)318.878

2024

  (p)308.501 (p)304.260                      

Secondary aluminum

2023

290.443 296.380 295.895 289.348 287.279 283.151 276.887 271.586 266.906 262.739 (p)256.775 (p)257.161 (p)277.879

2024

  (p)254.456 (p)255.042                      

Copper, alloyed and unalloyed

2023

684.175 692.433 691.971 706.054 708.532 699.075 717.052 714.048 716.644 708.702 (p)712.446 (p)715.718 (p)705.571

2024

  (p)721.014 (p)718.051                      

Aluminum mill shapes

2023

236.333 240.325 240.372 235.988 236.986 234.678 231.722 230.918 228.798 227.860 (p)227.548 (p)226.805 (p)233.194

2024

  (p)225.121 (p)225.471                      

Copper and brass mill shapes

2023

589.239 600.962 601.153 595.904 582.577 571.262 571.639 572.407 573.764 566.365 (p)564.710 (p)570.562 (p)580.045

2024

  (p)575.231 (p)570.769                      

Nonferrous wire and cable

2023

374.505 364.019 361.192 361.045 347.473 347.028 351.755 353.499 348.187 346.542 (p)346.413 (p)347.706 (p)354.114

2024

  (p)349.335 (p)349.619                      

Plumbing fixture fittings and trim

2023

394.728 394.728 394.728 394.728 395.136 395.136 395.136 395.136 395.136 395.136 (p)395.136 (p)395.136 (p)395.000

2024

  (p)400.214 (p)400.214                      

Fabricated structural metal products

2023

362.054 361.880 365.356 367.371 364.501 364.888 365.015 365.374 365.128 364.505 (p)364.874 (p)368.607 (p)364.963

2024

  (p)370.723 (p)370.399                      

Sheet metal products

2023

315.373 313.472 314.140 316.391 315.205 317.788 318.395 319.357 318.203 318.261 (p)317.794 (p)318.318 (p)316.891

2024

  (p)318.045 (p)320.269                      

Prefabricated metal buildings

2023

511.896 515.068 540.191 539.826 538.467 545.727 551.152 551.426 547.883 545.846 (p)547.250 (p)547.721 (p)540.204

2024

  (p)551.558 (p)552.720                      

Miscellaneous metal products

2023

223.228 224.452 224.192 224.529 224.625 225.299 225.527 225.106 225.747 225.688 (p)225.912 (p)225.778 (p)225.007

2024

  (p)227.079 (p)227.453                      

Rubber and plastic products

2023

256.263 255.512 254.882 255.239 254.625 253.050 251.735 251.346 250.876 250.946 (p)251.246 (p)250.895 (p)253.051

2024

  (p)251.050 (p)251.051                      

Rubber and rubber products

2023

223.029 224.242 224.004 224.558 223.679 222.123 220.398 220.328 220.617 221.215 (p)221.361 (p)220.900 (p)222.204

2024

  (p)220.842 (p)221.487                      

Plastic products

2023

277.562 276.095 275.304 275.605 275.061 273.420 272.200 271.683 270.930 270.818 (p)271.184 (p)270.858 (p)273.393

2024

  (p)271.094 (p)270.870                      

Construction products from plastics

2023

354.163 350.204 350.517 349.881 346.778 344.141 343.862 343.352 344.004 344.134 (p)344.142 (p)342.669 (p)346.487

2024

  (p)343.495 (p)343.217                      

Plastics pipe

2023

212.608 206.472 206.741 205.763 202.627 200.375 198.261 196.059 195.343 195.471 (p)193.056 (p)190.590 (p)200.281

2024

  (p)189.560 (p)188.957                      

Plastics pipe fittings and unions

2023

323.819 320.190 326.665 324.355 319.590 317.728 314.694 318.170 316.767 317.421 (p)316.358 (p)318.131 (p)319.491

2024

  (p)320.565 (p)321.600                      

Plastics plumbing fixtures

2023

166.715 167.506 167.506 167.495 166.837 166.924 167.398 168.493 168.493 168.544 (p)167.728 (p)166.224 (p)167.488

2024

  (p)168.141 (p)168.141                      

Other plastic construction products

2023

295.018 294.312 293.812 293.949 292.508 290.390 292.115 292.527 294.475 294.475 (p)297.212 (p)297.417 (p)294.018

2024

  (p)298.790 (p)298.771                      

Footnotes
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