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Price trends by category / Chemicals & plastics

Industrial chemicals

Data through Aug 2026. Easing

+0.8%
change last month
−6.4%
three-month pace, annualized
+13.3%
change over 12 months
−2.5%
versus 12-month high
Producer price index, last 24 months (WPU061)
291308325342Aug 2024Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 2026

What it means for your category strategy

Avoid long fixed-price commitments and use the decline to renegotiate or re-bid.

View the data table
MonthIndex
Aug 2026336.0
Jul 2026333.2
Jun 2026344.6
May 2026341.6
Apr 2026326.5
Mar 2026305.4
Feb 2026293.4
Jan 2026288.4
Dec 2025292.4
Nov 2025291.8
Oct 2025294.7
Sep 2025297.1
Aug 2025296.6
Jul 2025299.1
Jun 2025298.5
May 2025296.6
Apr 2025298.5
Mar 2025302.2
Feb 2025303.4
Jan 2025305.0
Dec 2024297.5
Nov 2024297.4
Oct 2024301.0
Sep 2024305.1
Aug 2024310.8

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, series WPU061 via FRED. How we classify pressure.

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