Producer Price Index for pulp, paper, and products

Description

PPI or Producer Price Index (also known as wholesale price index) for pulp, paper, and products excluding building paper. 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:

  • wood pulp
  • wastepaper
  • news and other low grade wastepaper
  • corrugated wastepaper
  • high grade wastepaper (including pulp substitutes and deinking)
  • paper
  • writing and printing papers
  • ground wood paper, uncoated
  • bleached bristol, clay-coated, uncoated, and industrial converted paper
  • printing paper, coated at establishments other than where paper was produced
  • newsprint
  • packaging and industrial converting paper
  • paper, construction
  • coated and laminated single and multi-web paper
  • single-web paper, rolls and sheets, including waxed, for flexible packaging uses
  • multi-web laminated rolls and sheets, except foil, for flexible packaging uses
  • coated and laminated single and multi-web film
  • all other coated and processed papers
  • converted foil for non-packaging applications
  • other coated and processed papers, except for packaging uses
  • paperboard
  • corrugated paperboard in sheets and rolls, lined and unlined
  • paperboard, excluding corrugated paperboard
  • semi-chemical paperboard
  • recycled paperboard
  • unbleached kraft packaging and industrial converting paperboard
  • converted paper and paperboard products
  • sanitary paper products, including stock
  • sanitary tissue paper products, made in paper mills
  • facial tissues and handkerchiefs, including sputum wipes, made in paper mills
  • paper table napkins, industrial & retail pkg bulk & dispenser types, made in paper mills
  • paper towels, industrial pkg (rolled, folded, and inter-folded), made in paper mills
  • paper towels, retail packages (rolled, folded, and inter-folded), made in paper mills
  • other sanitary paper products, made in paper mills
  • toilet tissue, retail packages, rolls and ovals
  • disposable diapers and similar disposable products, purchased sanitary paper stock and wadding
  • sanitary tissue paper products, made from purchased sanitary paper stock or wadding
  • paper, plastic, and foil bags
  • uncoated single-web paper grocers' bags and sacks and variety and shopping bags
  • all other uncoated paper bags and pouches (including specialty bags, moth-proof bags, etc.)
  • specialty bags, pouches and liners
  • plastics, foil, and coated paper bags
  • specialty bags, pouches, and liners, coated and single-web paper
  • specialty bags, pouches, and liners, multi-web lamination and foil, except film-film
  • single-web film specialty bags, pouches, and liners
  • polyethylene grocery and variety bags and pouches
  • polyethylene refuse bags
  • polyethylene household food storage bags and pouches
  • other polyethylene bags, pouches, and liners
  • co-extruded single-web film specialty bags, pouches, & liners
  • other single-web film specialty bags, pouches, and liners
  • multi-web film/film combination specialty bags, pouches and liners
  • shipping sacks and multi-wall bags, all materials, except textiles
  • single and double wall shipping sacks and bags, all materials, except textiles
  • multi-wall (three-ply or more) shipping sacks and bags, all materials, except textiles
  • paper boxes and containers
  • corrugated shipping containers
  • corrugated shipping containers for food and beverages and carryout boxes for retail food
  • corrugated shipping containers for paper and allied products
  • corrugated shipping containers for metal and electrical machinery
  • corrugated shipping containers for all other end uses
  • setup (rigid) paperboard boxes
  • folding paperboard boxes, packaging, and packaging components
  • paperboard fiber drums with ends of any material
  • milk and milk-type paperboard cartons, including juice, beverage, and other products
  • cups and liquid-tight paper and paperboard containers
  • paperboard drinking cups and portion serving cups
  • other corrugated and solid fiber products, including containers, pallets, pads, etc.
  • office supplies and accessories
  • envelopes
  • die-cut paper and paperboard office supplies
  • paper supplies for business machines and other misc. unprinted office supplies
  • tablets, pads, and related products
  • stationery
  • fiber cans, tubes, and similar fiber products
  • fiber cans, all fiber and composite
  • fiber cores and tubes
  • paperboard cones, reels, spools, bobbins, blocks, and all vulcanized fiber products
  • molded pulp goods, including egg cartons, florists pots, food trays, etc.
  • miscellaneous converted paper and paperboard products
  • pasted, lined, laminated, or surface-coated paperboard
  • wall-coverings
  • other sanitary paper products & misc. converted paper & paperboard products
  • other sanitary paper and paperboard food containers, boards, and trays, excluding folding
  • pressure-sensitive products


PPI data updated: Oct 8, 2019

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