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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

309.964 311.822 314.568 316.947 318.434 315.603 310.956 309.086 306.748 304.403 304.046 308.284 310.905

2024

  312.260 314.377 307.579 307.893 (p)311.840 (p)310.690 (p)309.371 (p)306.485          

Iron and steel

2023

323.534 332.616 340.753 347.827 356.020 348.799 335.160 331.341 323.710 316.875 314.569 325.503 333.059

2024

  338.362 344.739 321.137 314.128 (p)314.180 (p)308.683 (p)303.337 (p)298.095          

Foundry and forge shop products

2023

277.979 279.753 280.447 282.650 281.830 281.733 279.632 280.992 280.572 278.836 278.469 281.048 280.328

2024

  282.912 284.496 285.522 284.806 (p)281.963 (p)284.218 (p)281.590 (p)281.316          

Steel mill products

2023

308.022 315.255 318.190 329.705 347.224 345.801 329.450 322.940 311.522 304.112 297.967 305.125 319.609

2024

  321.392 332.520 305.677 297.573 (p)298.578 (p)293.283 (p)284.039 (p)276.752          

Nonferrous metal ores

2023

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

2024

  528.855 523.714 541.537 558.232 (p)570.625 (p)554.165 (p)566.153 (p)555.175          

Copper ores

2023

                         

2024

                           

Primary nonferrous metals

2023

251.897 255.570 242.279 244.570 251.809 251.261 256.294 246.357 251.022 245.972 247.491 243.786 249.026

2024

  245.198 251.021 253.748 263.313 (p)276.464 (p)278.534 (p)277.936 (p)271.802          

Other nonferrous metals, unalloyed

2023

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

2024

  362.315                        

Nonferrous scrap

2023

482.564 470.278 460.253 459.532 466.586 454.429 443.009 445.230 439.167 433.926 431.233 444.558 452.564

2024

  436.639 434.150 450.466 468.376 (p)503.005 (p)508.554 (p)505.075 (p)473.655          

Copper base scrap

2023

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

2024

  593.740 603.118 627.739 665.994 (p)716.708 (p)682.783 (p)697.568 (p)639.757          

Aluminum base scrap

2023

254.688 256.530 248.700 247.480 250.869 253.660 248.272 251.292 246.802 247.713 254.256 258.599 251.572

2024

  259.053 267.409 264.333 272.242 (p)310.021 (p)335.207 (p)322.360 (p)298.510          

Secondary nonferrous metals

2023

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

2024

  307.921 305.067 313.192 321.213 (p)334.754 (p)335.632 (p)337.744 (p)336.612          

Secondary aluminum

2023

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

2024

  254.456 255.042 255.945 257.637 (p)269.137 (p)274.750 (p)273.571 (p)270.632          

Copper, alloyed and unalloyed

2023

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

2024

  720.954 717.960 731.226 757.607 (p)823.842 (p)828.269 (p)834.137 (p)812.265          

Aluminum mill shapes

2023

236.333 240.325 240.372 235.988 236.986 234.678 231.722 230.918 228.798 227.860 227.576 226.844 233.200

2024

  225.148 225.517 224.413 225.667 (p)235.599 (p)241.058 (p)242.445 (p)237.068          

Copper and brass mill shapes

2023

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

2024

  575.231 574.347 584.922 610.592 (p)638.242 (p)651.505 (p)641.572 (p)629.609          

Nonferrous wire and cable

2023

374.505 364.019 361.192 361.045 347.473 347.028 351.755 353.499 348.187 346.542 346.757 348.045 354.171

2024

  347.652 352.604 353.417 365.563 (p)387.849 (p)386.135 (p)379.321 (p)367.819          

Plumbing fixture fittings and trim

2023

394.728 394.728 394.728 394.728 395.136 395.136 395.136 395.136 395.136 395.136 395.136 395.136 395.000

2024

  400.214 400.214 400.214 400.214 (p)401.289 (p)402.157 (p)402.157 (p)402.157          

Fabricated structural metal products

2023

362.054 361.880 365.356 367.371 364.501 364.888 365.015 365.374 365.128 364.505 364.874 368.814 364.980

2024

  371.166 370.473 361.173 361.488 (p)362.689 (p)361.658 (p)361.903 (p)365.254          

Sheet metal products

2023

315.373 313.472 314.140 316.391 315.205 317.788 318.395 319.357 318.203 318.261 317.794 318.286 316.889

2024

  318.236 321.067 322.819 322.632 (p)323.096 (p)323.338 (p)322.609 (p)322.283          

Prefabricated metal buildings

2023

511.896 515.068 540.191 539.826 538.467 545.727 551.152 551.426 547.883 545.846 547.250 550.535 540.439

2024

  553.955 554.969 558.358 558.334 (p)556.523 (p)555.954 (p)549.914 (p)539.658          

Miscellaneous metal products

2023

223.228 224.452 224.192 224.529 224.625 225.299 225.527 225.106 225.747 225.688 225.902 225.855 225.012

2024

  226.858 228.012 228.482 229.079 (p)230.213 (p)231.665 (p)231.751 (p)232.214          

Rubber and plastic products

2023

256.263 255.512 254.882 255.239 254.625 253.050 251.735 251.346 250.876 250.946 251.296 250.891 253.055

2024

  251.203 251.205 252.085 253.735 (p)253.286 (p)253.288 (p)253.259 (p)253.861          

Rubber and rubber products

2023

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

2024

  220.649 221.365 222.368 224.840 (p)225.243 (p)225.706 (p)225.294 (p)225.387          

Plastic products

2023

277.562 276.095 275.304 275.605 275.061 273.420 272.200 271.683 270.930 270.818 271.254 270.852 273.399

2024

  271.373 271.126 271.996 273.420 (p)272.657 (p)272.496 (p)272.602 (p)273.404          

Construction products from plastics

2023

354.163 350.204 350.517 349.881 346.778 344.141 343.862 343.352 344.004 344.134 344.142 342.723 346.492

2024

  344.453 343.345 343.256 345.170 (p)344.099 (p)343.535 (p)343.764 (p)344.487          

Plastics pipe

2023

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

2024

  191.252 189.818 188.879 191.401 (p)189.281 (p)188.046 (p)188.539 (p)188.026          

Plastics pipe fittings and unions

2023

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

2024

  318.855 318.608 321.579 325.354 (p)323.552 (p)323.074 (p)320.297 (p)322.117          

Plastics plumbing fixtures

2023

166.715 167.506 167.506 167.495 166.837 166.924 167.398 168.493 168.493 168.544 167.728 166.224 167.488

2024

  168.141 168.141 168.141 168.141 (p)169.742 (p)169.742 (p)169.742 (p)169.742          

Other plastic construction products

2023

295.018 294.312 293.812 293.949 292.508 290.390 292.115 292.527 294.475 294.475 297.212 297.509 294.025

2024

  299.002 298.525 298.914 299.295 (p)299.124 (p)299.405 (p)299.654 (p)301.143          

Footnotes
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