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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

2022

334.372 330.014 336.023 341.670 345.243 339.968 328.864 324.291 316.229 308.808 308.255 307.063 326.733

2023

  (p)309.925 (p)312.562 (p)315.816 (p)317.726                  

Iron and steel

2022

423.397 394.696 397.639 405.655 424.725 412.324 393.040 374.122 353.075 336.866 327.874 322.678 380.508

2023

  (p)323.593 (p)332.659 (p)342.146 (p)347.653                  

Foundry and forge shop products

2022

249.128 251.813 264.516 270.438 276.063 276.346 278.783 274.942 274.639 273.456 273.285 273.743 269.763

2023

  (p)277.813 (p)279.558 (p)279.707 (p)282.541                  

Steel mill products

2022

441.497 400.067 376.596 386.663 427.400 420.183 404.112 384.885 357.587 337.206 326.698 315.630 381.544

2023

  (p)308.027 (p)315.066 (p)317.973 (p)329.397                  

Nonferrous metal ores

2022

563.162 562.512 598.191 596.047 574.139 564.826 510.392 529.145 516.771 488.946 514.391 511.554 544.173

2023

  (p)568.773 (p)541.202 (p)559.449 (p)560.577                  

Copper ores

2022

                         

2023

                           

Primary nonferrous metals

2022

282.527 296.755 301.980 304.417 272.069 266.501 241.022 244.922 233.270 226.866 240.346 244.226 262.909

2023

  (p)251.910 (p)255.759 (p)242.455 (p)245.323                  

Other nonferrous metals, unalloyed

2022

414.514 431.858 447.450 452.450 410.571 401.908 355.536 353.573 334.530 324.715 340.242 351.106 384.871

2023

  (p)367.058 (p)379.500                      

Nonferrous scrap

2022

522.815 558.251 611.013 607.695 551.178 519.771 468.450 492.096 482.603 461.674 468.241 479.537 518.610

2023

  (p)482.540 (p)470.407 (p)460.388 (p)464.065                  

Copper base scrap

2022

666.758 675.849 686.743 696.886 645.087 627.662 532.319 548.367 554.965 539.245 588.507 600.617 613.584

2023

  (p)617.301 (p)622.641 (p)624.055 (p)628.942                  

Aluminum base scrap

2022

293.420 301.255 356.897 357.652 324.600 318.379 237.371 257.525 245.470 227.399 226.405 248.635 282.917

2023

  (p)254.688 (p)256.756 (p)248.935 (p)247.804                  

Secondary nonferrous metals

2022

327.863 340.280 346.519 361.298 349.907 338.402 318.663 326.089 311.938 304.857 321.229 323.825 330.906

2023

  (p)327.935 (p)329.840 (p)330.918 (p)329.610                  

Secondary aluminum

2022

290.829 307.030 320.278 343.830 343.777 330.633 317.500 308.387 303.025 291.948 287.858 289.116 311.184

2023

  (p)290.443 (p)296.380 (p)295.895 (p)289.348                  

Copper, alloyed and unalloyed

2022

723.741 746.742 753.395 754.770 754.799 758.814 726.902 728.690 701.566 668.617 685.573 668.127 722.645

2023

  (p)684.174 (p)692.443 (p)691.990 (p)706.160                  

Aluminum mill shapes

2022

253.817 271.422 278.240 287.613 278.597 262.278 250.971 242.087 238.823 231.681 228.166 231.131 254.569

2023

  (p)236.350 (p)240.390 (p)239.661 (p)235.559                  

Copper and brass mill shapes

2022

608.176 612.889 630.319 644.250 617.893 618.559 552.613 552.951 559.195 531.671 571.548 576.411 589.706

2023

  (p)589.349 (p)600.968 (p)601.507 (p)602.259                  

Nonferrous wire and cable

2022

342.739 349.709 361.759 366.524 365.298 360.613 350.429 350.252 348.797 346.527 360.618 364.166 355.619

2023

  (p)373.214 (p)379.830 (p)377.148 (p)376.324                  

Plumbing fixture fittings and trim

2022

383.924 383.924 383.924 381.452 382.890 384.008 386.494 386.700 386.700 388.615 388.615 388.615 385.489

2023

  (p)394.728 (p)394.728 (p)394.728 (p)394.728                  

Fabricated structural metal products

2022

350.142 355.049 361.026 367.465 372.742 374.512 372.886 372.271 369.311 366.801 363.140 361.240 365.549

2023

  (p)362.041 (p)361.901 (p)366.480 (p)367.759                  

Sheet metal products

2022

296.978 301.958 306.893 309.105 314.004 317.159 318.649 322.112 319.881 321.198 317.568 317.243 313.562

2023

  (p)315.373 (p)313.470 (p)314.319 (p)313.797                  

Prefabricated metal buildings

2022

534.908 533.526 529.431 535.013 556.245 543.504 536.989 543.896 532.865 518.999 518.520 511.737 532.969

2023

  (p)511.891 (p)515.069 (p)540.233 (p)540.648                  

Miscellaneous metal products

2022

207.591 209.656 212.585 214.216 216.848 218.080 219.010 220.349 220.268 221.265 222.983 222.697 217.129

2023

  (p)222.905 (p)224.900 (p)224.562 (p)224.987                  

Rubber and plastic products

2022

240.988 243.284 245.510 249.087 251.902 255.359 257.969 260.011 259.616 258.165 257.506 256.927 253.027

2023

  (p)256.302 (p)255.388 (p)254.755 (p)255.143                  

Rubber and rubber products

2022

205.938 208.021 209.003 213.614 214.667 217.002 220.392 221.485 221.893 222.532 221.752 220.780 216.423

2023

  (p)222.816 (p)223.327 (p)223.123 (p)223.381                  

Plastic products

2022

262.351 264.808 267.558 270.900 274.444 278.428 280.858 283.312 282.618 280.371 279.731 279.269 275.387

2023

  (p)277.692 (p)276.246 (p)275.440 (p)275.888                  

Construction products from plastics

2022

331.804 336.597 341.749 347.969 352.926 356.546 361.009 362.153 361.258 359.843 355.772 355.042 351.889

2023

  (p)354.205 (p)351.840 (p)352.055 (p)351.442                  

Plastics pipe

2022

201.480 203.249 208.886 211.609 216.654 216.323 221.427 220.979 219.118 217.324 215.090 214.084 213.852

2023

  (p)212.672 (p)206.610 (p)206.864 (p)205.878                  

Plastics pipe fittings and unions

2022

290.515 293.295 294.973 299.889 307.895 321.103 323.077 324.032 327.655 328.102 325.134 324.786 313.371

2023

  (p)323.819 (p)320.190 (p)326.665 (p)324.257                  

Plastics plumbing fixtures

2022

157.369 157.369 157.717 160.159 160.931 161.212 162.547 163.076 163.276 163.269 163.557 164.420 161.242

2023

  (p)166.716 (p)167.628 (p)167.628 (p)167.612                  

Other plastic construction products

2022

275.674 281.882 284.853 291.359 293.443 297.990 299.869 301.988 301.658 300.917 296.369 295.832 293.486

2023

  (p)295.017 (p)296.816 (p)296.184 (p)296.367                  

Footnotes
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