Materials and producer prices
PPI: Primary Nonferrous Metals
As of Aug 2026, ppi: primary nonferrous metals stands at 544.73 index (1982=100) (BLS Producer Price Index), rising over the recent window.
What this measures and why it matters
- PPI: Primary Nonferrous Metals tracks what producers charge for the raw and semi-finished inputs that dominate a manufactured product's bill of materials. Quotes priced off last quarter's material cost erode margin when this index climbs, so estimators watch it to keep pricing current.
- The figure comes from BLS Producer Price Index and is reported in index (1982=100). MFG Calcs archives every published value, so the chart and table below show the full recorded history rather than a single snapshot, and they extend automatically as new data lands.
Current reading and trend
- Latest reading: 544.73 index (1982=100) for Aug 2026.
- Prior period: 541.34 (Jul 2026), a rise of 3.40.
- Compared with a year earlier, ppi: primary nonferrous metals is up 49.3%.
- Across the archived window the high was 587.67 in Jun 2026 and the low was 316.45 in May 2025.
- The series has moved up for 1 consecutive periods.
- 16 observations have been archived so far, and this page deepens automatically each time BLS Producer Price Index publishes a new figure.
Recent observations
- Aug 2026: 544.73 index (1982=100)
- Jul 2026: 541.34 index (1982=100)
- Jun 2026: 587.67 index (1982=100)
- May 2026: 579.59 index (1982=100)
- Apr 2026: 558.11 index (1982=100)
- Mar 2026: 531.30 index (1982=100)
- Feb 2026: 514.50 index (1982=100)
- Jan 2026: 516.34 index (1982=100)
- Dec 2025: 496.98 index (1982=100)
- Nov 2025: 430.81 index (1982=100)
- Oct 2025: 413.32 index (1982=100)
- Sep 2025: 387.33 index (1982=100)
- Aug 2025: 364.83 index (1982=100)
- Jul 2025: 355.18 index (1982=100)
- Jun 2025: 335.18 index (1982=100)
- May 2025: 316.45 index (1982=100)
Last reviewed 2026-09-10.