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Price trends by category / Packaging & wood

Converted paper and paperboard (incl. boxes)

Data through Aug 2026. Rising

+1.0%
change last month
+12.9%
three-month pace, annualized
+4.4%
change over 12 months
0.0%
versus 12-month high
Producer price index, last 24 months (WPU0915)
308315322330Aug 2024Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 2026

What it means for your category strategy

Add index-linked escalation clauses rather than accepting flat increases, and shorten quote validity windows.

View the data table
MonthIndex
Aug 2026330.9
Jul 2026327.6
Jun 2026323.6
May 2026321.1
Apr 2026318.5
Mar 2026317.4
Feb 2026317.2
Jan 2026319.1
Dec 2025318.7
Nov 2025318.6
Oct 2025318.6
Sep 2025317.4
Aug 2025317.1
Jul 2025317.0
Jun 2025316.0
May 2025315.9
Apr 2025313.3
Mar 2025311.7
Feb 2025310.3
Jan 2025309.6
Dec 2024309.2
Nov 2024309.7
Oct 2024309.8
Sep 2024308.7
Aug 2024306.6

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, series WPU0915 via FRED. How we classify pressure.

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