Producer Price Index for Publications, printed matter and printing material

Description

PPI or Producer Price Index (also known as wholesale price index) for publications, printed matter and printing material. PPI data is normalized with price for 1982 = 100. The PPI value presented here is the average of the monthly value for each year. Includes the following:

  • books printing
  • textbook printing and binding
  • technical, scientific, & professional book printing & binding
  • religious book printing and binding
  • general book (trade, etc.) printing and binding
  • other book printing and binding
  • manifold business forms printing
  • manifold business forms printing, excluding checkbooks
  • unit set business forms, loose or bound, manifold books, and pegboard accounting systems
  • commercial printing
  • magazine and periodical printing
  • magazine and periodical printing (lithographic)
  • magazine and periodical printing (gravure)
  • label and wrapper printing for packaging
  • label and wrapper printing (lithographic)
  • label and wrapper printing (gravure)
  • label and wrapper printing (flexographic)
  • catalog and directory printing
  • catalog and directory printing (lithographic)
  • catalog and directory printing (gravure)
  • financial and legal printing (lithographic)
  • advertising printing
  • advertising printing (gravure)
  • advertising printing (lithographic)
  • other general job printing
  • other commercial and general job printing (gravure)
  • quick printing
  • other commercial and general job printing
  • other commercial and general job printing (lithographic)
  • all other commercial and general job printing
  • other commercial printing, incl. screen, engraving, digital, & general job exc. labels/wrappers
  • commercial screen printing, excluding on garments, apparel accessories, & other fabric articles
  • label screen printing
  • screen printing (excluding on textiles, apparel, apparel accessories, and labels)
  • advertising screen printing
  • screen printed decalcomanias and pressure sensitives (self-adhesive), excluding labels
  • other commercial and general job screen printing
  • engraving (printing)
  • digital printing
  • commercial and general job printing other than labels and wrappers (flexographic)
  • blankbooks, binders, and bookbinding work
  • checkbooks, blankbooks, looseleaf binders, and devices
  • checkbooks (incl. inserts and refills, but excl. continuous and die-cut)
  • blankbooks, looseleaf binders, and devices
  • blankbooks, excluding checkbooks and looseleaf types
  • looseleaf binders, devices, inserts, and forms, excl. school/commercial looseleaf filler paper
  • tradebinding and related work
  • edition, library, and other hardcover binding of books printed elsewhere
  • miscellaneous binding and postpress work, incl. collating, perforating, folding, gluing, etc.
  • softcover, pamphlet, sample book, and other binding of books and materials printed elsewhere
  • services for the printing trade
  • prepress services, including platemaking
  • prepress services, excl platemaking (incl film, assembled flats, color sep., typesetting, etc.)
  • printing plates and cylinders, prepared for printing (excl. blank plates and blank cylinders)


PPI data updated: Oct 8, 2019

Note: missing bars indicate missing data

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