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Producer Price Indexes – January 2009 

The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods rose 0.8 percent in January, seasonally adjusted, the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed declines of 

1.9 percent in December and 2.5 percent in November. At the earlier stages of processing, the decrease in 

prices for intermediate materials slowed to 0.7 percent from 4.2 percent in the prior month, and the index for 

crude materials declined 2.9 percent after dropping 5.3 percent in December. (See table A.) 

The upturn in the index for finished goods was led by the index for energy goods, which increased 3.7 

percent after falling 9.1 percent in December. Price declines for finished consumer foods slowed to 0.4 percent 

in January from 1.4 percent in the preceding month. The index for finished goods less foods and energy 

increased 0.4 percent following a 0.2-percent rise a month earlier. 
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Before seasonal adjustment, the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.9 percent in 

January to 170.3 (1982 = 100). From January 2008 to January 2009, the index for finished goods moved down 

1.0 percent. Over the same period, prices for finished energy goods fell 18.4 percent. By contrast, partially 

offsetting the decrease in finished goods prices, the index for finished goods less foods and energy rose 4.2 

percent and prices for finished consumer foods increased 1.8 percent. For the 12 months ended January 2009, 

the index for intermediate goods decreased 3.5 percent and prices for crude goods dropped 29.1 percent. 

Finished goods 

 The index for finished energy goods turned up 3.7 percent in January after falling 9.1 percent a month 

earlier. The index for gasoline increased 15.0 percent after dropping 26.2 percent in the preceding month. 

Prices for liquefied petroleum gas, home heating oil, and kerosene also turned up after declining in December. 

The indexes for diesel fuel and residential natural gas fell less than in the prior month. Conversely, partially 

offsetting the upturn in finished energy goods prices, the rise in the index for residential electric power slowed 

to 0.3 percent from 0.5 percent in December. Prices for asphalt fell more than in the prior month. (See table 2.) 

The decline in the index for finished consumer foods slowed to 0.4 percent in January from 1.4 percent 

in the prior month. The index for fluid milk products fell 0.6 percent following a 5.3-percent decrease in 

December. Prices for fresh vegetables (except potatoes), processed young chickens, eggs for fresh use, canned 

carbonated soft drinks, and raspberries turned up after declining a month earlier. Conversely, the index for 

natural cheese (except cottage cheese) dropped 18.6 percent following a 3.4-percent rise in the preceding 

month. Prices for pork also turned down in January and the index for beef and veal fell more than in December. 
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 The rise in the index for finished goods less foods and energy accelerated to 0.4 percent in January from 

0.2 percent in the previous month. The index for toys, sporting goods, and small arms turned up 4.4 percent 

after falling 0.8 percent in December. Prices for communication and related equipment, alcoholic beverages, 

and commercial furniture also increased after declining in the prior month. The index for consumer plastic 

products fell less in January, and prices for office and store machines and equipment rose after no change in 

December. By contrast, the advance in the index for passenger cars slowed to 0.3 percent from 1.5 percent in 

the prior month. Prices for soap and synthetic detergents turned down after rising in December. 

Intermediate goods

 The Producer Price Index for Intermediate Materials, Supplies, and Components fell 0.7 percent in 

January following a 4.2-percent decrease in December. Prices for materials for durable manufacturing, 

intermediate foods and feeds, and materials and components for construction all declined less than they had a 

month earlier, while the indexes for intermediate energy goods and materials for nondurable manufacturing 

turned up in January. Excluding foods and energy, prices for intermediate goods moved down 1.1 percent 

compared with a 2.9-percent decrease in the prior month. (See table B.) 

 The index for materials for durable manufacturing moved down 3.5 percent in January following a 7.2-

percent decrease in December. Prices for hot rolled steel sheet and strip fell 6.8 percent after dropping 23.9 

percent in the prior month. Similarly, the indexes for cold rolled steel sheet and strip; hot rolled steel bars, 

plates, and structural shapes; copper and brass mill shapes; primary nonferrous metals; and thermoplastic resins 

and plastic materials also decreased less than a month earlier. Prices for cold finished steel bars turned up in 

January. By contrast, partially offsetting the slower rate of decline in prices for materials for durable 

manufacturing, the index for semifinished steel mill products moved down 13.8 percent subsequent to a 7.6-

percent decrease in December. Prices for steel pipe and tube and for aluminum mill shapes also fell more in 

January than they had in the preceding month. (See table 2.) 

 The index for intermediate energy goods rose 1.5 percent in January after falling 9.8 percent a month 

earlier. Prices for liquefied petroleum gas climbed 20.2 percent compared with a 21.8-percent decrease in 

December. The indexes for gasoline, heating oil, and residual fuels also turned up in January. Prices for both 

diesel and jet fuel declined less than they had in December. By contrast, the electric power index fell 0.9 

percent after advancing 0.6 percent in the prior month. Prices for natural gas to electric utilities and commercial 

natural gas also turned down in January. 

 The index for materials for nondurable manufacturing edged up 0.1 percent in January after decreasing 

9.1 percent in December. Leading this upturn, prices for basic organic chemicals rose 0.7 percent in January 

following a 17.8-percent drop a month earlier. The indexes for medicinal and botanical chemicals and for 

finished fabrics also turned up after falling in December. Prices for thermoplastic resins and plastic materials 

and for inedible fats and oils declined less in January than they had in the prior month. By contrast, the index 

for agricultural chemicals and chemical products moved down 14.5 percent subsequent to an 8.2-percent 

decrease in December. Prices for synthetic rubber also fell more than they had in the previous month. The 

index for knit gray fabrics rose less than a month earlier. 

 The intermediate foods and feeds index moved down 2.2 percent following a 3.3-percent decline in 

December. In January, falling prices for natural cheese (except cottage cheese), beef and veal, processed cheese 

and related products, fats and oils, processed eggs, bulk fluid milk and cream, and pork outweighed rising prices 

for processed young chickens. 
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 The index for materials and components for construction moved down 0.7 percent after falling 1.2 

percent in December. Prices for paving mixtures and blocks declined 6.2 percent in January subsequent to an 

8.3-percent drop a month earlier. The index for sheet metal products also decreased less than in the prior 

month. The indexes for plastic construction products and for prefabricated wood buildings and components 

advanced after falling in December. Prices for ready-mixed concrete rose more than they had in the previous 

month. Conversely, the index for structural, architectural, and pre-engineered metal products decreased 2.6 

percent compared with a 1.1-percent decline in December. Prices for treated wood products turned down in 

January, and the index for prepared paint rose less than in the preceding month. 

Crude goods

 The Producer Price Index for Crude Materials for Further Processing fell 2.9 percent in January 

following a 5.3-percent decline in December. In January, lower prices for crude energy materials outweighed 

higher prices for crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs and for crude nonfood materials less energy. (See table B.) 

The index for crude energy materials decreased 8.1 percent in January after falling 5.9 percent in the 

previous month. Natural gas prices dropped 7.8 percent compared with a 14.7-percent increase in the preceding 

month. The coal index turned down 2.0 percent following a 0.5-percent gain in December. By contrast, 

partially offsetting the faster rate of decline in the crude energy materials index, prices for crude petroleum 

declined 12.5 percent in January after falling 31.0 percent a month earlier. (See table 2.) 

 The index for crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs advanced 1.0 percent following a 5.5-percent decrease in 

December. Slaughter cattle prices rose 1.1 percent in January subsequent to an 8.9-percent decline in the prior 

month. The indexes for corn, soybeans, and fresh vegetables (except potatoes) also turned up in January. 

Prices for slaughter barrows and gilts rose more than in December. By contrast, prices for slaughter chickens 

fell 7.2 percent following a 6.9-percent increase a month earlier. The indexes for Irish potatoes for processing 

and tree nuts also turned down after rising in December. Fluid milk prices decreased more than they had in the 

previous month. 

The index for crude nonfood materials less energy edged up 0.1 percent in January subsequent to a 2.2-

percent decline in December. The increase in iron and steel scrap prices accelerated to 21.9 percent from 13.8 

percent in the preceding month. The index for gold ores also advanced more than it had a month earlier. Prices 

for corn, wheat, and soybeans for nonfood manufacturing turned up in January. By contrast, the index for hides 

and skins dropped 36.0 percent in January after decreasing 7.5 percent in December. Prices for raw cotton and 

for construction sand, gravel, and crushed stone turned down in January. The index for aluminum base scrap 

fell more than it had in December. 
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Net output price indexes

Mining, Utilities, and Manufacturing Industries. The Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total 

Mining, Utilities, and Manufacturing Industries inched up 0.1 percent in January following a 2.8-percent 

decrease in December. (Net output price indexes are not seasonally adjusted.) Most of this upturn can be 

traced to prices received by petroleum refineries, which advanced 8.1 percent in January after falling 26.4 

percent in the prior month. The industry indexes for poultry processing and farm-feed manufacturing also 

increased following December declines. Prices received by petrochemical manufacturers decreased less in 

January than they had a month earlier, and the industry index for soft drink manufacturing climbed more than in 

December. By contrast, partially offsetting the upturn in the index for total mining, utilities, and manufacturing 

industries, prices received by cheese manufacturers fell 14.8 percent in January after rising 2.4 percent in the 

preceding month. The indexes for livestock slaughtering and for electric power generation, transmission, and 

distribution decreased more than they had in December. Prices received by pharmaceutical preparation 

manufacturers rose less than in the preceding month. In January, the index for total mining, utilities, and 

manufacturing industries was 105.2 (December 2006 = 100), 1.9 percent below its year-ago level. 

Trade Industries. The Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total Trade Industries declined 0.3 percent 

in January following a 0.5-percent advance in the preceding month. (Trade indexes measure changes in 

margins received by wholesalers and retailers.) Leading this downturn, margins received by merchant 

wholesalers of nondurable goods fell 2.3 percent after rising 4.6 percent in December. The margin indexes for 

department stores, gasoline stations with convenience stores, and fuel dealers also decreased following 

increases in the prior month. Conversely, margins received by gasoline stations without convenience stores 

jumped 10.3 percent following a 21.0-percent decrease in the prior month. The margin indexes for home 

centers, electronic shopping and mail-order houses, supermarkets, and new car dealers also turned up in January 

after falling in December. Margins received by merchant wholesalers of durable goods rose more than they had 

in the previous month. In January, the index for total trade industries was 110.8 (December 2006 = 100), 5.3 

percent above its year-ago level. 

Transportation and Warehousing Industries. The Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total 

Transportation and Warehousing Industries declined 0.8 percent in January following a 2.8-percent drop in 

December. Prices received by the air transportation industry group edged down 0.1 percent in January after 

falling 4.2 percent in the preceding month. The index for couriers and messengers also decreased less than it 

had in December. Prices received by the general freight trucking industry group and by the inland water freight 

transportation industry turned up in January. By contrast, the index for the line-haul railroad industry moved 

down 4.3 percent following a 2.5-percent decline in December. Prices received by the industry for local 

specialized freight trucking of new goods also decreased more in January than in the previous month. The 

indexes for deep sea freight transportation and freight transportation arrangement fell after no change in 

December. In January, the index for total transportation and warehousing industries was 108.6 (December 2006 

= 100), 0.3 percent above its year-ago level. 

Total Traditional Service Industries. The Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total Traditional 

Service Industries advanced 0.4 percent in January following a 0.8-percent decline in December. Prices 

received by the industry for investment banking and securities dealing increased 7.0 percent after falling 2.0 

percent a month earlier. The indexes for automotive equipment rental and leasing, software publishers, and 

offices of lawyers also turned up in January. Prices received by the depository credit intermediation industry 

group were unchanged following decreases in December. The index for direct health and medical insurance 

carriers rose more in January than it had in the prior month. Conversely, prices received by real estate agents 

and brokers fell 4.5 percent in January after declining 0.6 percent in December. Prices received by the 

industries for temporary help services moved down in January after rising in December. In January, the index 

for total traditional service industries was 102.3 (December 2006 = 100), unchanged from its year-ago level. 
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Producer Price Index data for February 2009 are scheduled to be released on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 8:30 

a.m. (EDT). 

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PPI Commodity Weight Allocations to Stage-of-Processing Indexes Updated 

 Effective with the release of January 2009 data on February 19, 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

updated the weight allocations used to calculate its stage-of-processing (SOP) indexes to more accurately reflect 

recent sales patterns. While PPI weights continue to be based on shipment values from the 2002 economic 

census, the proportion of these weights allocated to the various SOP categories within and, in some cases, 

across the Finished, Intermediate, and Crude goods stages have changed. The new allocations are based 

primarily on data contained in the 2002 Input/Output Accounts published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. 

 It is important to note that the allocation update does not change the PPI classification system, 

reference base, or aggregation structure. It has, however, resulted in significant shifts in the relative importance 

of some component series in the stage-of-processing model. A detailed explanation of the SOP allocation 

update is available on the BLS Web site at: http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ppisopallo.htm.

 Relative importance figures as of December 2008, are available on the BLS Web site at: 

www.bls.gov/ppi. Choose the "PPI Tables" link, under the “On This Page” heading. The revised SOP relative 

importance figures will be available through the links: “Component series by stage of processing” and 

“Commodity groupings by major stage of processing category.” The information may also be requested from 

the Division of Industrial Prices and Price Indexes, Section of Index Analysis and Public Information, at 202-

691-7705. For further information on this change, please contact Jon Weinhagen at (202) 691-7709. 

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Resampling of Industries 

 Effective with this release, the Producer Price Index (PPI) includes data for 42 resampled industries 

classified according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics periodically updates the sample of producers providing data for the PPI to reflect current conditions 

more accurately when the structure, membership, technology, or product mix of an industry shifts. The first 

results of this systematic process were published in July 1986. Subsequent efforts have been completed at 6-

month intervals. 

For information on specific index additions, deletions, and recodes that are effective with this 

semiannual update, see the January 2009 issue of the PPI Detailed Report online at 

http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ppidr200901.pdf, or contact the Division of Industrial Prices and Price Indexes, 

Section of Index Analysis and Public Information at ppi-info@bls.gov or (202) 691-7705. 

NAICS 

Code Industry 

236221 New warehouse building construction 

311312 Cane sugar refining 

311313 Beet sugar manufacturing 

311421 Fruit and vegetable canning 
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Resampling of Industries—Continued 

NAICS 

Code Industry 

311514 Dry, condensed, and evaporated dairy products 

311830 Tortilla manufacturing 

312112 Bottled water manufacturing 

313221 Narrow fabric mills 

315222 Men's and boys' suit, coat, and overcoat manufacturing 

321999 Miscellaneous wood product manufacturing 

322211 Corrugated and solid fiber box manufacturing 

322225 Flexible packaging foil manufacturing 

323111 Commercial gravure printing 

323114 Quick printing 

325131 Inorganic dye and pigment manufacturing 

325188 All other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing 

325199 All other basic organic chemical manufacturing 

331522 Nonferrous, except Al, die-casting foundries 

331525 Copper foundries, except die-casting 

332323 Ornamental and architectural metal work manufacturing 

333220 Plastics and rubber industry machinery 

333298 All other industrial machinery manufacturing 

335221 Household cooking appliance manufacturing 

335222 Household refrigerator and home freezer manufacturing 

335224 Household laundry equipment manufacturing 

336211 Motor vehicle body manufacturing 

339913 Jewelers' material and lapidary work manufacturing 

339950 Sign manufacturing 

441310 Automotive parts and accessories stores 

443112 Radio, TV, and other electronics stores 

452111 Department stores, except discount 

452112 Discount department stores 

452900 Other general merchandise stores 

453210 Office supplies and stationery stores 

484210 Used household and office goods moving 

484220 Other specialized trucking, local 

484230 Other specialized trucking, long-distance 

488330 Navigational services to shipping 

488510 Freight transportation arrangement 

541211 Offices of certified public accountants 

541810 Advertising agencies 

561330 Professional employer organizations 

 

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Recalculation of Seasonal Adjustment Factors 

Effective with this release, seasonal adjustment factors have been recalculated to reflect price-movement 

patterns during 2008 for stage-of-processing (SOP) and commodity-grouping indexes. This routine annual 

recalculation may affect previously published seasonally adjusted indexes and percent changes for January 2004 

through December 2008. Revised seasonally adjusted data for this period, as well as seasonal adjustment 

factors for commodity indexes to be used through December 2009, were released February 17, 2009. To obtain 

this information, contact the Division of Industrial Prices and Price Indexes, Section of Index Analysis and 

Public Information at ppi-info@bls.gov or (202) 691-7705, or visit the Producer Price Index homepage at 

www.bls.gov/ppi.

 The table below provides monthly seasonally adjusted percent changes for the three major SOP 

categories during 2008, based on former and recalculated seasonal factors. These percent changes include final 

price data through August 2008 and may differ from values shown in tables A and B of this release, which 

include final price data through September 2008. 

Over-the-month percent changes in major stage-of-processing indexes, seasonally 

adjusted, using former and recalculated seasonal factors for 2008 

 

Finished goods Intermediate goods Crude goods 

Month Former Recalculated Former Recalculated Former Recalculated 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

 1.2 

 0.3 

 0.9 

 0.3 

 1.4 

 1.7 

 1.2 

-0.9 

-0.4 

-2.8 

-2.2 

-1.9 

 0.9 

 0.4 

 0.9 

 0.2 

 1.5 

 1.3 

 1.3 

-0.5 

-0.2 

-2.6 

-2.5 

-1.9 

 1.2 

 0.9 

 2.4 

 1.0 

 2.7 

 2.2 

 2.7 

-1.5 

-0.9 

-3.9 

-4.3 

-4.2 

 1.1 

 1.0 

 2.2 

 1.0 

 2.5 

 2.0 

 2.8 

-1.3 

-0.5 

-3.9 

-4.3 

-4.2 

 2.9 

 3.9 

 6.7 

 4.7 

 6.1 

 2.8 

 4.0 

-12.3 

 -6.0 

-18.6 

-12.5 

 -5.3 

 2.8 

 3.9 

 6.6 

 4.7 

 6.0 

 2.7 

 3.9 

-12.0 

 -6.0 

-18.4 

-12.6 

 -5.3 
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Technical Note 

Brief Explanation of Producer Price Indexes 

The Producer Price Index (PPI) of the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics (BLS) is a family of indexes that measure the 

average change over time in the prices received by domestic 

producers of goods and services. PPIs measure price change 

from the perspective of the seller. This contrasts with other 

measures, such as the Consumer Price Index (CPI). CPIs 

measure price change from the purchaser’s perspective. 

Sellers’ and purchasers’ prices can differ due to government 

subsidies, sales and excise taxes, and distribution costs. 

 More than 8,000 PPIs for individual products and 

groups of products are released each month. PPIs are 

available for the products of virtually every industry in the 

mining and manufacturing sectors of the U.S. economy. New 

PPIs are gradually being introduced for the products of 

industries in the construction, trade, finance, and services 

sectors of the economy. 

More than 100,000 price quotations per month are 

organized into three sets of PPIs: (1) Stage-of-processing 

indexes, (2) commodity indexes, and (3) indexes for the net 

output of industries and their products. The stage-ofprocessing structure organizes products by class of buyer and 

degree of fabrication. The commodity structure organizes 

products by similarity of end use or material composition. 

The entire output of various industries is sampled to derive 

price indexes for the net output of industries and their 

products. 

Stage-of-Processing Indexes 

Within the stage-of-processing system, finished 

goods are commodities that will not undergo further 

processing and are ready for sale to the final-demand user, 

either an individual consumer or business firm. Consumer 

foods include unprocessed foods such as eggs and fresh 

vegetables, as well as processed foods such as bakery products 

and meats. Other finished consumer goods include durable 

goods such as automobiles, household furniture, and 

appliances, as well as nondurable goods such as apparel and 

home heating oil. Capital equipment includes durable goods 

such as heavy motor trucks, tractors, and machine tools. 

 The stage-of-processing category for intermediate 

materials, supplies, and components consists partly of 

commodities that have been processed but require further 

processing. Examples of such semifinished goods include 

flour, cotton yarn, steel mill products, and lumber. The 

intermediate goods category also encompasses nondurable, 

physically complete items purchased by business firms as 

inputs for their operations. Examples include diesel fuel, belts 

and belting, paper boxes, and fertilizers. 

Crude materials for further processing are products 

entering the market for the first time that have not been 

manufactured or fabricated and that are not sold directly to 

consumers. Crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs include items 

such as grains and livestock. Examples of crude nonfood 

materials include raw cotton, crude petroleum, coal, hides and 

skins, and iron and steel scrap. 

Commodity Indexes 

The commodity classification structure of the PPI 

organizes products by similarity of end use or material 

composition, disregarding industry of origin. Fifteen major 

commodity groupings (two-digit commodity codes) make up 

the All Commodities Index. Each major commodity grouping 

includes (in descending order of aggregation) subgroups 

(three-digit codes), product classes (four-digit codes), 

subproduct classes (six-digit codes), item groupings (sevendigit codes) and individual items (eight-digit codes). 

Industry Net-Output Price Indexes 

PPIs for the net output of industries and their 

products are grouped according to the North American 

Industry Classification System (NAICS). Prior to the release 

of January 2004, industry-based PPIs were published 

according to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 

system. Industry price indexes are compatible with other 

economic time series organized by industry, such as data on 

employment, wages, and productivity. Table 5 of the PPI 

Detailed Report includes data for NAICS industries and 

industry groups (3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-digit codes); Census product 

classes (7- and 8-digit codes), products (9-digit codes), and 

more detailed subproducts (11-digit codes); and, for some 

industries, indexes for other sources of revenue. 

 Indexes may represent one of three kinds of product 

categories. Every industry has primary product indexes to 

show changes in prices received by establishments classified 

in the industry for products made primarily, but not 

necessarily exclusively, by that industry. The industry 

classification of an establishment is determined by which 

products make up a plurality of its total shipment value. In 

addition, most industries have secondary product indexes that 

show changes in prices received by establishments classified 

in the industry for products chiefly made in some other 

industry. Finally, some industries have miscellaneous receipts 

indexes to show price changes in other sources of revenue 

received by establishments within the industry that are not 

derived from sales of their products—for example, resales of 

purchased materials, or revenues from parking lots owned by a 

manufacturing plant. 

Data Collection 

PPIs are based on selling prices reported by 

establishments of all sizes selected by probability sampling, 

with the probability of selection proportionate to size. 

Individual items and transaction terms from these firms also 

are chosen by probability proportionate to size. BLS strongly 

encourages cooperating companies to supply actual 

transaction prices at the time of shipment to minimize the use 

of list prices. Prices submitted by survey respondents are 

effective on the Tuesday of the week containing the 13th day 

of the month. This survey is conducted primarily through the 

mail. 
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 Price data are provided on a voluntary and 

confidential basis; only sworn BLS employees are allowed 

access to individual company price reports. BLS publishes 

price indexes instead of actual prices. All PPIs are subject to 

revision 4 months after original publication to reflect the 

availability of late reports and corrections by respondents. 

 BLS periodically updates the PPI sample of survey 

respondents to better reflect current conditions when the 

structure, membership, technology, or product mix of an 

industry shifts significantly and to spread reporting burden 

among smaller firms. Results of these resampling efforts are 

incorporated into the PPI with the release of data for January 

and July. 

 As part of an ongoing effort to expand coverage to 

sectors of the economy other than mining and manufacturing, 

an increasing number of service sector industries have been 

introduced into the PPI. The following list of recently 

introduced industries includes the month and year in which an 

article describing the industry’s content appeared in the PPI 

Detailed Report. 

Service sector industries introduced into the Producer Price 

Index, by SIC or NAICS code and the PPI Detailed Report that 

announces their introduction 

Title Code PPI Detailed 

Report Issue 

SIC 

Wireless telecommunications ............. 4812 July 1999 

Telephone communications, except 

radio telephone ............................... 4813 July 1995 

Television broadcasting .................... 4833 July 2002 

Grocery stores ................................ 5411 July 2000 

Meat and fish (seafood) markets ......... 5421 July 2000 

Fruit and vegetable markets ............... 5431 July 2000 

Candy, nut, and confectionery stores ... 5441 July 2000 

Retail bakeries ................................ 5461 July 2000 

Miscellaneous food stores ................. 5499 July 2000 

New car dealers .............................. 5511 July 2000 

Gasoline service stations .................. 5541 January 2002 

Boat dealers ................................... 5551 January 2002 

Recreational vehicle dealers .............. 5561 January 2002 

Miscellaneous retail ......................... 59 January 2001 

Security brokers, dealers, and 

investment bankers .......................... 6211 January 2001 

Investment advice ........................... 6282 January 2003 

Life insurance carriers ...................... 6311 January 1999 

Property and casualty insurance ......... 6331 July 1998 

Insurance agencies and brokerages .... 6412 January 2003 

Operators and lessors of nonresidential 

buildings ........................................ 6512 January 1996 

Real estate agents and managers ....... 6531 January 1996 

Prepackaged software ...................... 7372 January 1998 

Data processing services .................. 7374 January 2002 

Home health care services ................ 8082 January 1997 

Legal services ................................. 8111 January 1997 

Engineering design, analysis, and 

consulting services .......................... 8711 January 1997 

Architectural design, analysis, and 

consulting services ........................... 8712 January 1997 

Title Code PPI Detailed 

Report Issue 

SIC 

Premiums for property and casualty 

insurance ....................................... 9331 July 1998 

NAICS 

 

New Industrial building construction ..... 236211 January 2008 

New warehouse building construction .. 236221 July 2005 

New school construction ................... 236222 July 2006 

New office construction ..................... 236223 January 2007 

Concrete contractors, nonresidential 

building work .................................. 23811X July 2008 

Roofing contractors, nonresidential 

building work .................................. 23816X July 2008 

Electrical contractors, nonresidential 

building work .................................. 23821X July 2008 

Plumbing / HVAC contractors, 

nonresidential building work ............... 23822X July 2008 

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods .. 423 July 2005 

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable 

goods ............................................ 424 July 2005 

Wholesale trade agents and brokers ... 425120 July 2005 

Furniture and home furnishings stores . 442 January 2004 

Electronics and appliance stores ......... 443 January 2004 

Building material and garden equipment 

and supplies dealers ......................... 444 January 2004

Clothing and clothing accessories 

stores ............................................ 448 January 2004 

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and 

music stores .................................... 451 January 2004 

General merchandise stores .............. 452 January 2004 

Miscellaneous store retailers .............. 453 January 2004 

Internet service providers ................... 518111 July 2005 

Web search portals ........................... 518112 July 2005 

Commercial banking ......................... 522110 January 2005 

Savings institutions ........................... 522120 January 2005 

Direct health and medical insurance 

carriers .......................................... 524114 July 2004 

Construction, mining, and forestry 

machinery and equipment rental and 

leasing ........................................... 532412 January 2005 

Management consulting services ......... 541610 January 2007 

Security guards and patrol services ...... 561612 July 2005 

Computer training ........................... 611420 July 2007 

Blood and organ banks ..................... 621991 January 2007 

Amusement and theme parks ............. 713110 July 2006 

Golf courses and country clubs ........... 713910 July 2006 

Fitness and recreational sports centers . 713940 July 2005 

Commercial machinery repair and 

maintenance.................................... 811310 July 2007 

Weights

Weights for most traditional commodity groupings of 

the PPI, as well as weights for commodity-based aggregate 

indexes calculated using traditional commodity groupings, 

such as stage-of-processing indexes, currently reflect 2002 

values of shipments as reported in the Census of Manufactures

and other sources. From January 2002 through December 
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2006, PPI weights were derived from 1997 shipment values. 

Industry indexes now are calculated with 2002 weights and 

1997 net output ratios. This periodic update of the value 

weights used to calculate the PPI is done to more accurately 

reflect changes in production and marketing patterns in the 

economy. Net output values of shipments are used as weights 

for industry indexes. Net output values refer to the value of 

shipments from establishments within the industry to buyers 

outside the industry. However, weights for commodity price 

indexes are based on gross shipment values, including values 

of shipments between establishments within the same 

industry. As a result, broad commodity grouping indexes, 

such as the PPI for All Commodities, are affected by the 

multiple counting of price change at successive stages of 

processing, which can lead to exaggerated or misleading 

signals about inflation. Stage-of-processing indexes partially 

correct for this defect, but industry indexes consistently 

correct for this at all levels of aggregation. Therefore, 

industry and stage-of-processing indexes are more appropriate 

than broad commodity groupings for economic analysis of 

general price trends. 

Price Index Reference Base 

Effective with publication of January 1988 data, 

many important PPI series (including stage-of-processing 

groupings and most commodity groups and individual items) 

were placed on a new reference base, 1982 = 100. From 

1971 through 1987, the standard reference base for most PPI 

series was 1967 = 100. Except for rounding differences, the 

shift to the new reference base did not alter any previously 

published percent changes for affected PPI series. (See 

“Calculating Index Changes,” below.) The 1982 reference 

base is not used for commodity indexes with a base later than 

December 1981 or for industry net output indexes and their 

products. 

 For further information on the underlying concepts 

and methodology of the Producer Price Index, see chapter 14, 

“Producer Prices,” in BLS Handbook of Methods (April 

1997), Bulletin 2490. This document can be downloaded from 

the BLS Web site at 

www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch14_itc.htm. Reprints are 

available on request. 

Calculating Index Changes 

Each PPI measures price changes from a reference 

period that equals 100.0. An increase of 5.5 percent from the 

reference period in the Finished Goods Price Index, for 

example, is shown as 105.5. This change also can be 

expressed in dollars, as follows: prices received by domestic 

producers of a sample of finished goods have risen from $100 

in 1982 to $105.50. Likewise, a current index of 90.0 would 

indicate that prices received by producers of finished goods 

are 10 percent lower than they were in 1982. 

 Movements of price indexes from one month to 

another are usually expressed as percent changes, rather than 

as changes in index points. Index point changes are affected 

by the level of the index in relation to its base period, whereas 

percent changes are not. The following example shows the 

computation of index point and percent changes. 

Index point change

 Finished Goods Price Index 107.5 

 Less previous index 104.0 

 Equals index point change 3.5 

Index percent change

 Index point change 3.5 

 Divided by the previous index 104.0 

 Equals 0.034 

 Result multiplied by 100 0.034 x 100 

 Equals percent change 3.4 

Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data 

Because price data are used for different purposes by 

different groups, BLS publishes seasonally adjusted and 

unadjusted changes each month. Seasonally adjusted data are 

preferred for analyzing general price trends in the 

economy because these data eliminate the effect of changes 

that normally occur at about the same time, and in about the 

same magnitude, every year—such as price movements 

resulting from normal weather patterns, regular production 

and marketing cycles, model changeovers, seasonal discounts, 

and holidays. For these reasons, seasonally adjusted data 

more clearly reveal underlying cyclical trends. Unadjusted 

data are of primary interest to users who need information that 

can be related to actual dollar values of transactions. 

Individuals requiring this information include marketing 

specialists, purchasing agents, budget and cost analysts, 

contract specialists, and commodity traders. It is the 

unadjusted data that are generally cited when escalating longterm contracts such as purchasing agreements or real estate 

leases. For more information, see Escalation and Producer 

Price Indexes: A Guide for Contracting Parties, BLS Report 

807, September 1991, on the Web at 

www.bls.gov/ppi/ppiescalation.htm. Reprints are available 

on request. 

In 1998, the PPI implemented the X-12-ARIMA 

Seasonal Adjustment Method; prior to that year, the PPI 

employed the X-11 method. Each year, the seasonal status of 

most commodity indexes is reevaluated to reflect more recent 

price behavior. Industry net output indexes are not seasonally 

adjusted. For time series that exhibit seasonal pricing patterns, 

new seasonal factors are estimated and applied to the 

unadjusted data for the previous 5 years. These updated 

seasonally adjusted indexes replace the most recent 5 years of 

seasonal data. 

 Seasonal factors may be applied to series using either 

a direct or an aggregative method. Generally, commodity 

indexes are seasonally adjusted using direct seasonal 

adjustment, which produces a more complete elimination of 

seasonal movements than does the aggregative method. 

However, the direct seasonal adjustment process may not yield 

figures that possess additive consistency. Thus, a seasonally 

adjusted index for a broad category that is directly adjusted 

may not be logically consistent with all seasonally adjusted 

indexes for its components. Seasonal movements for stage-ofprocessing indexes are derived indirectly through an 

aggregative method that combines movements of a wide 

variety of subproduct class (six-digit) series. 
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Seasonally adjusted indexes can become problematic 

when previously stable and predictable price patterns abruptly 

change. If the new pattern persists, the seasonal adjustment 

method will eventually reflect it adequately; if the pattern 

keeps shifting, however, seasonally adjusted data will become 

chronically troublesome. This problem occurs relatively 

infrequently for farm and food-related products, but has more 

often affected manufactured products such as automobiles and 

steel. 

Since January 1988, the PPI has used Intervention 

Analysis Seasonal Adjustment methods to enhance the 

calculation of seasonal factors. With this technique, outlier 

values that may distort the seasonal pattern are removed from 

the data prior to applying the standard seasonal factor 

estimation procedure. For example, a possible economic 

cause for large price movements for petroleum-based products 

might have been the Persian Gulf War. In this case, 

intervention techniques allowed for better estimates of 

seasonally adjusted data. On the whole, very few series have 

required intervention. Out of nearly 800 seasonally adjusted 

series, only 16 were subject to intervention in 2008. 

For more information relating to seasonal adjustment 

methods, see (1) “Appendix A: Seasonal Adjustment 

Methodology at BLS,” in the BLS Handbook of Methods

(April 1997), Bulletin 2490 and (2) “Summary of Changes to 

the PPI’s Seasonal Adjustment Methodology” in the January 

1995 issue of Producer Price Indexes. 

Producer Price Index Data on the Internet 

In 1995, the BLS began posting PPI series, news 

releases, and technical information to both a World Wide Web 

(WWW) site and a file transfer protocol (FTP) site. During 

the years following the introduction of PPI Internet services, 

use of these sites eclipsed more traditional methods of data 

dissemination, such as subscriptions to the PPI Detailed 

Report. There were more than 2.1 million instances of PPI 

series being downloaded from the Internet during the 12 

months ended December 31, 2007. 

Retrieving PPI data from the PPI Web site 

PPI data can be obtained from the WWW address 

(www.bls.gov/ppi). Clicking on the “PPI Databases” link 

reveals the following methods of data retrieval: 

• Top Picks is a form-based application for both 

Industry Data and Commodity Data that allows the 

user to quickly obtain PPI time series data by 

selecting the most commonly requested time series, 

including the All Commodities Index and the stageof-processing indexes (for example, Finished Goods). 

Within each list, any one—or all—of the time series 

shown can be selected. A user can modify the date 

range and output options after executing the query, 

using the reformat button above the data output table. 

• One-Screen Data Search and Multi-Screen Data 

Search are form-based query applications for both 

Industry Data and Commodity Data designed for 

users unfamiliar with the PPI coding structure. These 

applications guide a user through the PPI 

classification system by listing index titles and do not 

require knowledge of commodity or industry codes. 

Data retrieved are based on a query formulated by 

selecting data characteristics from lists provided. 

Two options are available to create customized 

tables, depending on a user’s browser capability. The 

one-screen option is a JavaScript application that uses 

a single screen to guide a user through the available 

time series data. The second option is a multiplescreen, non-Java-based application. Both methods 

allow a user to browse the PPI coding structure and 

select multiple series codes. Using the one-screen 

option, users can modify the date range and output 

options after executing the query using the reformat 

button above the data output table. 

• Series Report is a form-based application that uses 

formatted PPI time series identifiers (commodity or 

industry codes) as input in extracting data according 

to a specified set of date ranges and output options. 

This application provides the most efficient path for 

users who are familiar with the format of PPI time 

series identifiers. Up to 300 indexes can be extracted 

at a time. 

 There are five alphabetic prefixes used to 

create unique PPI time series identifiers: WP, WD, 

PC, PD, and ND. Each provides the user access to a 

different PPI database. Adding either a “u” (not 

seasonally adjusted) or an “s” (seasonally adjusted) to 

the end of these prefixes further specifies the type of 

data needed. 

EXAMPLES 

For commodity and stage-of-processing indexes, 

series identifiers combine a “wpu” prefix (not 

seasonally adjusted) or a “wps” prefix (seasonally 

adjusted) with a commodity code. 

Commodity code Provides data for:

wps141101 Passenger cars, seasonally 

adjusted 

wpu141101 Passenger cars, not 

seasonally adjusted 

wpusop3000 Finished goods, not 

seasonally adjusted 

For discontinued commodity indexes, series 

identifiers combine a “wdu” prefix (not seasonally 

adjusted) or a “wds” prefix (seasonally adjusted) with 

a commodity code. 

Commodity code Provides data for:

wds019 Other farm products, 

seasonally adjusted 

wdu0635 Preparations, ethical 

(prescription), not 

seasonally adjusted 

wdusi138011 Stainless steel mill 

products, not seasonally 

adjusted 
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Current price indexes grouped by industry 

according to NAICS have series identifiers that 

begin with the prefix “pcu.” After the prefix, there 

are 12 digits (the 6-digit industry code is listed twice) 

followed by up to 7 alphanumeric characters 

identifying product detail. Dashes are used as 

placeholders for higher-level industry group codes. 

Industry-product code, 

current NAICS series Provides data for:

pcu325---325--- Chemical manufacturing, 

not seasonally adjusted 

pcu336110336110 Automobile and light duty 

motor vehicle 

manufacturing 

pcu621111621111411 Offices of physicians, oneand two-physician 

practices and singlespecialty group practices, 

general/family practice 

pcu325412325412A Pharmaceutical 

preparation 

manufacturing, 

pharmaceuticals acting on 

the respiratory system 

Discontinued industry-product codes based on 

SIC combine a “pdu” prefix and “#” between the 

fourth and fifth characters of the product code. 

Series identifiers for the discontinued dataset use 

underscores as placeholders to complete a reference 

to an SIC industry group code of fewer than four 

digits. (All PPI industry-based indexes organized by 

SIC were discontinued with the introduction of 

NAICS.) 

Industry-product code,

discontinued SIC series Provides data for:

pdu28_ _# Chemicals and allied 

products, not seasonally 

adjusted 

pdu331_# Blast furnaces, steel 

works, and rolling and 

finishing mills, not 

seasonally adjusted 

pdu3711#111 Passenger cars 

Price indexes for discontinued series grouped by 

industry according to NAICS have identifiers that 

begin with the prefix “ndu.” After the prefix, there 

are 12 numeric digits (the 6-digit industry code is 

listed twice), and up to 7 additional alphanumeric 

characters that identify product detail. Dashes are 

used as placeholders for higher-level industry group 

codes. 

Industry-product code, 

discontinued NAICS series Provides data for

ndu212231212231 Lead ore and zinc 

ore mining 

ndu2122312122312 Lead and zinc 

concentrates 

ndu212231212231214 Lead 

concentrates 

• Text Files (FTP) and the FTP server are best suited 

for users requiring access to either a large volume of 

time series data or other PPI-related documentation 

(such as seasonal factor and relative importance 

tables). The FTP sites can be accessed at 

ftp://ftp.bls.gov or directly from the links on the 

“PPI Databases” page or the PPI homepage. Data 

and documentation available for download include 

the following: 

 

 Directory:

Industry Data /pub/time.series/pc 

 Industry Data - Discontinued 

 (NAICS basis) /pub/time.series/nd 

 (SIC basis) /pub/time.series/pd 

Commodity Data /pub/time.series/wp 

 Commodity Data - Discontinued 

 Series /pub/time.series/wd

Special requests /pub/special.requests/ppi

The FTP site maintains files to help with searches 

and downloads. These files are centrally located in the 

/pub/doc directory. Within this directory, the overview.txt 

file contains an overview relating to all BLS data available 

through the FTP site. For current commodity-based PPI data, 

the program help file is wp.txt; for discontinued commodity 

series, wd.txt; for current industry-based PPI data based on 

NAICS, pc.txt; for industry-based SIC time series that have 

been discontinued, pd.txt; and for industry-based NAICS 

series that have been discontinued, nd.txt. 

Users who prefer downloading PPI datasets as 

individual ZIP files should go to the directory labeled 

/pub/time.series/compressed/tape.format/ on the FTP site. 

This directory includes six PPI-specific ZIP files, one for each 

of the PPI databases—WP, WD, PC, ND, and PD—and a ZIP 

file for the annual 5-year revision to historical seasonal PPIs. 

Other Sources of PPI Data 

PPI data can also be accessed via the BLS homepage 

(www.bls.gov). Clicking on the “Databases & Tables” tab at 

the top of the homepage calls up a listing all available BLS 

programs. 
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Additional information 

The PPI homepage (www.bls.gov/ppi) contains 

additional information regarding PPI data and methodology. 

The top section of the homepage provides PPI news releases, 

both current and archived, as well as general PPI information. 

The “Tables Created by BLS” section found beneath the 

statistics section provides relative importance and seasonal 

factor tables. The remaining sections offer special notices and 

publications pertaining to PPI methodology and applications. 

For questions or comments regarding PPI data 

classification, methodology, or data availability on the 

Internet, call or e-mail the Section of Index Analysis and 

Public Information at (202) 691-7705 or ppi-info@bls.gov. 
Table 1. Producer price indexes and percent changes by stage of processing

[1982=100]

Grouping

Relative

importance

Dec. 20081

Unadjusted index

Unadjusted percent

change to Jan. 2009

from:

Seasonally adjusted percent change

from:

Sept.

20082

Dec.

20082

Jan.

20092

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2008 Oct. to Nov. Nov. toDec. Dec. to Jan.

Finished goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.000 182.2 168.8 170.3 -1.0 0.9 -2.5 -1.9 0.8

Finished consumer goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.502 193.0 173.8 175.7 -2.4 1.1 -3.2 -2.5 1.0

Finished consumer foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.710 181.5 178.5 177.6 1.8 -0.5 0.2 -1.4 -0.4

Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.752 168.9 161.7 169.8 -14.8 5.0 0.3 -10.9 7.6

Processed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.958 182.8 180.2 178.3 3.6 -1.1 0.2 -0.5 -1.2

Finished consumer goods, excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.793 197.2 171.4 174.2 -4.2 1.6 -4.6 -3.0 1.4

Nondurable goods less foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.764 223.4 182.3 186.1 -7.1 2.1 -6.3 -4.4 2.0

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.028 140.3 143.9 144.4 3.1 0.3 -0.1 0.4 0.4

Capital equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.498 154.3 156.7 157.5 4.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.5

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.927 158.7 159.7 160.2 3.8 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.3

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.571 152.7 155.5 156.4 4.1 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.6

Intermediate materials, supplies, and components. . . . . . . . . . 100.000 198.6 172.7 171.6 -3.5 -0.6 -4.3 -4.2 -0.7

Materials and components for manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.001 186.7 164.6 162.9 -3.3 -1.0 -4.5 -5.1 -1.1

Materials for food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.557 185.2 171.9 167.3 -3.6 -2.7 -0.6 -3.0 -3.1

Materials for nondurable manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.580 234.7 188.1 188.3 -5.5 0.1 -8.3 -9.1 0.1

Materials for durable manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.831 214.5 177.7 171.6 -9.4 -3.4 -6.1 -7.2 -3.5

Components for manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.034 142.4 142.0 141.7 3.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.2

Materials and components for construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.183 214.0 207.6 206.2 6.1 -0.7 -1.2 -1.2 -0.7

Processed fuels and lubricants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.746 224.5 154.1 154.3 -18.2 0.1 -9.9 -8.5 0.0

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.984 218.5 157.4 158.9 -13.7 1.0 -9.7 -6.4 0.6

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.763 227.7 153.3 153.0 -19.9 -0.2 -10.0 -9.4 -0.3

Containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.762 198.4 198.1 198.0 7.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.1

Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.308 179.0 174.0 173.2 3.8 -0.5 -1.0 -1.1 -0.5

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.128 173.7 173.0 170.7 2.6 -1.3 -0.1 -0.3 -1.4

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.179 178.8 172.8 172.3 4.1 -0.3 -1.2 -1.3 -0.4

Feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.584 197.4 165.5 165.9 1.5 0.2 -5.8 -4.1 0.2

Other supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.596 178.0 174.7 174.2 4.4 -0.3 -0.7 -1.0 -0.4

Crude materials for further processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.000 254.2 171.7 166.9 -29.1 -2.8 -12.6 -5.3 -2.9

Foodstuffs and feedstuffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.785 167.6 135.9 136.7 -15.9 0.6 -1.1 -5.5 1.0

Nonfood materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.215 314.2 189.5 179.8 -36.6 -5.1 -19.6 -5.1 -5.7

Nonfood materials except fuel3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.609 323.5 163.5 156.5 -45.7 -4.3 -24.9 -15.1 -4.6

Manufacturing3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.914 301.3 151.0 143.9 -46.3 -4.7 -25.2 -15.3 -4.9

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.695 199.6 192.7 196.1 -1.4 1.8 -2.2 -1.2 0.2

Crude fuel4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.606 273.1 219.4 206.3 -18.7 -6.0 -8.6 11.6 -6.8

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.867 260.7 211.1 205.1 -15.0 -2.8 -8.2 11.1 -4.9

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.739 279.1 224.1 210.5 -18.9 -6.1 -8.7 11.7 -6.9

Special groupings

Finished goods, excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.2905

182.1 165.8 167.9 -1.8 1.3 -3.2 -2.0 1.1

Intermediate materials less foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.9826199.1 172.8 172.0 -3.5 -0.5 -4.4 -4.3 -0.5

Intermediate foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0186190.0 170.2 166.9 -2.2 -1.9 -2.4 -3.3 -2.2

Crude materials less agricultural products3 , 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.6418

322.7 194.9 184.1 -36.8 -5.5 -19.4 -4.9 -6.1

Finished energy goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.7775197.0 130.6 135.9 -18.4 4.1 -12.4 -9.1 3.7

Finished goods less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.2235171.2 172.3 172.6 3.5 0.2 0.1 -0.2 0.2

Finished consumer goods less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.7255178.7 179.2 179.3 3.3 0.1 0.1 -0.4 0.1

Finished goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.5135167.9 170.5 171.3 4.2 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.4

Finished consumer goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . 37.0155177.2 180.0 180.7 4.3 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.3

Consumer nondurable goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . 20.9875

209.7 211.2 212.1 5.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.4

Intermediate energy goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.9116227.5 150.6 153.2 -19.6 1.7 -12.3 -9.8 1.5

Intermediate materials less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.0896

188.8 176.0 174.0 1.0 -1.1 -2.2 -3.0 -1.2

Intermediate materials less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.0726188.8 176.4 174.6 1.2 -1.0 -2.2 -2.9 -1.1

Crude energy materials3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.9628303.7 178.4 165.0 -39.7 -7.5 -18.6 -5.9 -8.1

Crude materials less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.0388

211.7 159.9 160.9 -19.9 0.6 -7.9 -4.5 0.7

Crude nonfood materials less energy4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.2538337.5 220.7 221.7 -27.9 0.5 -20.8 -2.2 0.1

1 Comprehensive relative importance figures are initially computed after the publication of December indexes and are recalculated after final December indexes are available. Individual items

and subtotals may not add exactly to totals because of rounding differences.

2 The indexes for September 2008 have been recalculated to incorporate late reports and corrections by respondents. All indexes are subject to revision 4 months after original publication.

3 Includes crude petroleum.

4 Excludes crude petroleum.

5 Percent of total finished goods.

6 Percent of total intermediate materials.

7 Formerly titled ′′Crude materials for further processing, excluding crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs, plant and animal fibers, oilseeds, and leaf tobacco.′′

8 Percent of total crude materials.

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Table 2. Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of

processing

[1982=100, unless otherwise indicated]

Grouping Commodity

code

Unadjusted index

Unadjusted percent

change to Jan. 2009

from:

Seasonally adjusted percent change

from:

Sept.

20081

Dec.

20081 Jan. 20091

Jan. 2008 Dec. 2008 Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Finished goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.2 168.8 170.3 -1.0 0.9 -2.5 -1.9 0.8

Finished consumer goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.0 173.8 175.7 -2.4 1.1 -3.2 -2.5 1.0

Finished consumer foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.5 178.5 177.6 1.8 -0.5 0.2 -1.4 -0.4

Fresh fruits and melons2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-11 112.7 113.6 112.0 -24.2 -1.4 2.1 5.8 -1.4

Fresh and dry vegetables2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-13 178.3 161.2 171.9 -9.6 6.6 3.8 -14.9 6.6

Eggs for fresh use (Dec 1991=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-71-07 150.6 143.4 148.7 -20.1 3.7 -14.6 -7.0 10.3

Bakery products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-11 241.0 245.1 245.2 7.4 0.0 0.8 0.4 0.0

Milled rice2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-13 278.7 251.0 236.0 35.2 -6.0 -5.3 -2.7 -6.0

Pasta products (June 1985=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-14-02 190.4 188.8 185.3 10.2 -1.9 -0.4 0.0 -1.9

Beef and veal2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-21-01 164.8 156.7 140.3 -2.8 -10.5 6.3 -2.8 -10.5

Pork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-21-04 143.6 125.8 115.4 -6.5 -8.3 -4.2 0.4 -8.2

Processed young chickens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-22-03 147.4 137.8 144.5 6.6 4.9 -1.4 -1.2 4.0

Processed turkeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-22-06 124.3 121.0 119.1 5.8 -1.6 0.7 -0.6 0.8

Finfish and shellfish2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-23 265.0 250.4 262.4 4.3 4.8 -1.4 0.8 4.8

Dairy products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-3 183.2 174.3 162.1 -12.8 -7.0 -1.8 -2.2 -7.0

Processed fruits and vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-4 170.1 174.5 175.0 8.7 0.3 0.8 0.5 -0.1

Confectionery end products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-55 219.8 231.1 230.6 9.3 -0.2 1.5 0.6 -0.2

Soft drinks2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-62 176.1 176.8 183.7 6.7 3.9 0.1 0.1 3.9

Roasted coffee2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-63-01 181.4 180.8 176.0 3.0 -2.7 -0.1 -0.4 -2.7

Shortening and cooking oils2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-78 306.2 250.3 242.3 -7.9 -3.2 -1.3 -5.6 -3.2

Finished consumer goods excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.2 171.4 174.2 -4.2 1.6 -4.6 -3.0 1.4

Alcoholic beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-61 166.1 167.8 169.5 4.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.8

Pet food2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-94-02 222.5 220.8 219.1 15.8 -0.8 -0.7 0.0 -0.8

Women’s, girls’, & infants’ apparel (Dec 2003=100)2. . . . . . . 03-81-06 101.1 101.2 101.4 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2

Men’s and boys’ apparel (Dec 2003=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-81-07 100.1 100.3 100.9 2.1 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.6

Textile housefurnishings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-82 127.1 128.3 129.3 2.6 0.8 0.9 -0.1 0.8

Footwear2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-3 157.9 159.7 159.9 3.2 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.1

Residential electric power (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-41 151.4 147.5 149.2 6.3 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.3

Residential gas (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-51 258.4 236.8 233.3 4.5 -1.5 -3.2 -2.6 -2.2

Gasoline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-71 316.1 114.5 132.0 -45.0 15.3 -29.2 -26.2 15.0

Home heating oil and distillates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-73-02 325.2 154.6 157.1 -41.7 1.6 -21.2 -23.2 5.4

Pharmaceutical preparations (June 2001=100)2

. . . . . . . . . . . 06-38 139.4 141.6 143.2 7.2 1.1 0.6 1.1 1.1

Soaps and synthetic detergents2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-71 155.7 166.3 161.7 9.6 -2.8 4.0 0.7 -2.8

Cosmetics and other toilet preparations2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-75 148.0 148.8 149.5 0.9 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.5

Tires, tubes, tread, etc2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-12 129.4 134.1 134.2 10.5 0.1 0.1 -0.7 0.1

Sanitary paper products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-15-01 175.0 176.1 176.0 7.9 -0.1 0.4 0.1 -0.1

Newspaper circulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-31-01 252.2 254.1 255.5 3.3 0.6 -0.2 0.1 0.5

Periodical circulation (June 2007=100)2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-32-04 102.1 102.1 102.7 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.6

Book publishing2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-33 297.7 300.9 301.3 3.0 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.1

Household furniture2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1 184.4 186.5 186.6 6.2 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.1

Floor coverings2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3 162.3 163.9 164.8 4.8 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.5

Household appliances2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4 108.0 109.4 110.0 3.9 0.5 0.7 0.0 0.5

Home electronic equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5 57.2 57.4 56.0 -1.2 -2.4 0.0 0.3 -2.4

Household glassware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-62 196.3 – 196.3 4.9 – 0.0 – –

Household flatware2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-64 194.4 – 190.5 1.8 – 0.0 – –

Lawn and garden equip, ex tractors2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-66 140.3 142.3 142.5 1.9 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.1

Passenger cars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11-01 127.7 131.2 132.4 3.0 0.9 -1.1 1.5 0.3

Toys, games, and children’s vehicles2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-11 136.4 136.3 146.1 11.1 7.2 0.1 0.0 7.2

Sporting and athletic goods2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-12 131.2 131.1 136.6 5.7 4.2 0.8 -1.3 4.2

Tobacco products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2 513.5 515.1 518.0 3.7 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.6

Mobile homes2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5 222.6 223.4 223.6 5.2 0.1 -0.4 -1.0 0.1

Jewelry, platinum, & karat gold2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-94-02 162.3 161.1 162.3 -1.0 0.7 -2.1 0.5 0.7

Costume jewelry and novelties2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-94-04 159.6 159.8 160.3 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3

Capital equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.3 156.7 157.5 4.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.5

Agricultural machinery and equipment2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 196.1 197.4 196.8 4.7 -0.3 0.3 0.0 -0.3

Construction machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2 187.0 190.3 191.0 4.9 0.4 1.1 0.3 -0.2

Metal cutting machine tools2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-37 171.7 173.3 173.2 3.2 -0.1 0.5 -0.1 -0.1

Metal forming machine tools2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-38 196.1 199.9 200.5 8.4 0.3 -1.4 -0.2 0.3

Tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, and ind. molds2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-39 146.6 146.5 146.5 1.7 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.0

Pumps, compressors, and equipment2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-41 207.6 211.4 212.8 6.1 0.7 0.7 -0.3 0.7

Industrial material handling equipment2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-44 181.1 183.0 182.2 9.4 -0.4 -0.2 0.3 -0.4

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of

processing — Continued

[1982=100, unless otherwise indicated]

Grouping Commodity

code

Unadjusted index

Unadjusted percent

change to Jan. 2009

from:

Seasonally adjusted percent change

from:

Sept.

20081

Dec.

20081 Jan. 20091

Jan. 2008 Dec. 2008 Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Capital equipment - Continued

Electronic computers (Dec 2004=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-51 39.5 38.1 37.8 -14.5 -0.8 -0.8 -0.5 -0.8

Textile machinery2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-62 166.4 166.6 166.5 2.0 -0.1 0.4 -0.1 -0.1

Paper industries machinery (June 1982=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-64 190.9 191.5 192.7 5.0 0.6 0.1 -0.1 0.6

Printing trades machinery2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-65 153.3 152.9 152.7 0.9 -0.1 -0.3 0.0 -0.1

Transformers and power regulators2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-74 224.9 206.3 202.4 -1.3 -1.9 -6.6 -2.7 -1.9

Communication & related equip (Dec 1985=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . 11-76 105.0 105.0 106.4 2.5 1.3 0.0 -0.1 1.3

X-ray and electromedical equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-79-05 91.4 91.5 91.4 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 -0.1

Oil field and gas field machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-91 203.9 205.3 205.4 9.1 0.0 0.5 0.2 -0.3

Mining machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-92 209.7 212.8 216.3 11.2 1.6 0.6 1.0 0.9

Office and store machines and equipment2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-93 120.9 121.3 131.9 13.8 8.7 -0.1 0.0 8.7

Commercial furniture2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2 194.2 194.8 196.4 6.8 0.8 1.8 -1.7 0.8

Light motor trucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11-05 138.7 150.9 150.8 1.9 -0.1 -0.3 0.7 0.5

Heavy motor trucks2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11-06 182.3 185.0 186.4 3.2 0.8 1.3 0.2 0.8

Truck trailers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-14 180.7 179.2 178.1 3.8 -0.6 -1.0 -0.4 -0.6

Civilian aircraft (Dec 1985=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-21-02 233.3 238.9 241.1 7.5 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0

Ships (Dec 1985=100)2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-31 201.3 203.3 206.5 5.7 1.6 -0.3 0.3 1.6

Railroad equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-4 182.9 180.5 180.7 1.3 0.1 -3.4 -0.8 0.1

Intermediate materials, supplies, and components. . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.6 172.7 171.6 -3.5 -0.6 -4.3 -4.2 -0.7

Intermediate foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.0 170.2 166.9 -2.2 -1.9 -2.4 -3.3 -2.2

Flour2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-12-03 219.9 184.2 192.6 -21.5 4.6 -2.9 -5.0 4.6

Refined sugar and byproducts2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-53 144.3 153.2 154.2 22.7 0.7 0.5 -1.0 0.7

Confectionery materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-54 176.9 176.8 186.3 7.6 5.4 1.0 0.1 -1.9

Soft drink beverage bases (Dec 1985=100)2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-64-01-11 214.9 216.7 225.9 11.4 4.2 0.2 0.0 4.2

Processed eggs2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-83 202.0 162.5 146.0 -12.6 -10.2 -1.2 -18.7 -10.2

Prepared animal feeds2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-9 196.9 170.9 170.9 4.3 0.0 -4.6 -3.2 0.0

Intermediate materials less foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.1 172.8 172.0 -3.5 -0.5 -4.4 -4.3 -0.5

Synthetic fibers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-1 122.1 114.5 115.4 1.1 0.8 -1.5 -1.3 0.8

Processed yarns and threads2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-2 127.3 121.3 121.0 0.8 -0.2 -0.9 -3.8 -0.2

Gray fabrics2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-3 125.3 125.9 128.5 5.5 2.1 0.1 0.6 2.1

Finished fabrics2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-4 136.6 134.8 136.1 4.4 1.0 0.2 -1.1 1.0

Industrial textile products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-83-03 144.4 145.5 146.8 4.4 0.9 -0.2 -0.4 0.9

Leather2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-2 234.1 235.5 229.3 -1.9 -2.6 0.7 0.0 -2.6

Liquefied petroleum gas2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-32 397.4 139.4 167.6 -59.8 20.2 -33.4 -21.8 20.2

Commercial electric power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-42 182.1 177.1 174.4 6.4 -1.5 1.7 0.2 -1.9

Industrial electric power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-43 195.9 190.6 188.9 3.8 -0.9 0.7 1.0 -1.7

Commercial natural gas (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-52 292.5 252.5 246.4 4.3 -2.4 -5.4 1.3 -2.8

Industrial natural gas (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-53 302.0 257.5 255.8 3.5 -0.7 -5.9 -2.7 -0.9

Natural gas to electric utilities (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-54 192.5 192.5 191.2 2.2 -0.7 1.1 0.2 -3.0

Jet fuels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-72-03 333.7 178.2 162.1 -39.9 -9.0 -10.5 -19.3 -7.6

No 2 Diesel fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-73-03 342.3 171.5 164.1 -41.0 -4.3 -16.8 -17.8 -2.8

Residual fuels2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-74 280.8 112.9 119.9 -42.0 6.2 -34.5 -23.7 6.2

Basic inorganic chemicals2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-13 299.2 296.9 295.0 44.7 -0.6 -4.9 2.4 -0.6

Basic organic chemicals2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-14 315.6 208.7 210.2 -20.1 0.7 -10.2 -17.8 0.7

Prepared paint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-21 228.1 235.7 236.1 11.1 0.2 0.1 2.4 0.3

Paint materials2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-22 230.4 225.4 219.4 0.7 -2.7 -0.3 -2.6 -2.7

Medicinal and botanical chemicals2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-31 162.3 163.3 169.5 22.4 3.8 -0.3 -0.1 3.8

Fats and oils, inedible2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-4 304.3 222.8 219.8 -14.1 -1.3 -14.4 -6.5 -1.3

Mixed fertilizers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-51 292.4 249.4 233.7 27.6 -6.3 -1.7 -13.2 -6.0

Nitrogenates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-52-01 419.5 361.4 301.1 7.4 -16.7 -9.0 1.7 -18.9

Phosphates2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-52-02 535.8 370.7 272.1 23.5 -26.6 -7.6 -21.6 -26.6

Other agricultural chemicals2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-53 174.5 178.0 175.7 8.5 -1.3 -1.3 0.8 -1.3

Plastic resins and materials2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-6 227.1 195.8 187.1 -10.8 -4.4 -5.6 -9.4 -4.4

Synthetic rubber2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-11-02 233.6 223.4 185.8 5.5 -16.8 2.8 -8.0 -16.8

Plastic construction products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-21 192.1 186.5 187.0 3.5 0.3 -1.1 -1.5 0.3

Unsupported plastic film, sheet, & other shapes2

. . . . . . . . . . . . 07-22 200.1 197.9 192.1 3.7 -2.9 -0.5 -1.8 -2.9

Plastic parts and components for manufacturing2. . . . . . . . . . . . 07-26 135.3 135.6 134.6 3.2 -0.7 -0.2 -0.1 -0.7

Softwood lumber2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-11 162.9 145.7 140.7 -8.5 -3.4 -2.6 -0.6 -3.4

Hardwood lumber2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-12 181.7 177.4 175.2 -7.6 -1.2 -0.8 -1.9 -1.2

Millwork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-2 205.7 206.0 205.6 1.6 -0.2 -0.1 0.2 -0.2

Plywood2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-3 178.5 168.3 165.5 -5.0 -1.7 -2.1 -1.1 -1.7

Treated wood (June 1985=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-71-01 174.9 161.9 156.6 -3.6 -3.3 -1.0 0.3 -3.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of

processing — Continued

[1982=100, unless otherwise indicated]

Grouping Commodity

code

Unadjusted index

Unadjusted percent

change to Jan. 2009

from:

Seasonally adjusted percent change

from:

Sept.

20081

Dec.

20081 Jan. 20091

Jan. 2008 Dec. 2008 Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Intermediate materials less foods and feeds - Continued

Woodpulp2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-11 174.8 164.2 162.8 -5.4 -0.9 -5.8 0.0 -0.9

Paper2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-13 190.3 189.8 187.9 7.1 -1.0 0.3 -0.8 -1.0

Paperboard2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-14 229.5 228.8 224.8 7.2 -1.7 -0.3 -0.2 -1.7

Paper boxes and containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-15-03 215.3 216.4 216.6 7.1 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0.3

Building paper and board2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-2 172.0 161.5 159.9 4.7 -1.0 -1.4 -2.4 -1.0

Commercial printing (June 1982=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-37 170.4 169.4 169.5 1.4 0.1 -0.7 0.3 0.1

Foundry and forge shop products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15 203.6 189.7 189.6 9.8 -0.1 -2.2 -2.3 -0.1

Steel mill products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17 251.8 190.2 179.2 -2.2 -5.8 -9.0 -12.4 -5.8

Primary nonferrous metals2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22 263.0 178.7 167.8 -36.0 -6.1 -12.2 -8.5 -6.1

Aluminum mill shapes2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25-01 193.3 172.0 159.0 -12.4 -7.6 -3.8 -4.9 -7.6

Copper and brass mill shapes2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25-02 405.6 295.1 283.1 -28.7 -4.1 -11.3 -9.6 -4.1

Titanium mill shapes2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25-05 241.5 232.9 233.5 -9.9 0.3 -0.1 -3.5 0.3

Nonferrous wire and cable2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26 255.6 207.4 199.1 -18.6 -4.0 -10.8 -2.9 -4.0

Metal containers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3 148.1 148.5 150.6 9.7 1.4 -0.2 0.3 1.4

Hardware2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4 194.2 196.6 196.6 7.7 0.0 -0.1 0.4 0.0

Plumbing fixtures and brass fittings2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5 229.1 227.9 229.0 4.3 0.5 -0.7 0.0 0.5

Heating equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6 216.5 217.9 218.7 9.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.0

Fabricated structural metal products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7 216.9 213.3 210.4 10.2 -1.4 -0.9 -0.9 -1.4

Fabricated ferrous wire products (June 1982=100)2

. . . . . . . . . . 10-88 214.2 208.3 206.6 18.4 -0.8 -2.3 -2.9 -0.8

Other misc metal products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-89 155.0 155.5 154.6 5.8 -0.6 0.1 0.1 -0.6

Mechanical power transmission equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-45 225.6 231.8 232.2 9.9 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.0

Air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-48 166.1 165.6 166.9 4.6 0.8 -0.2 -0.1 1.0

Metal valves, ex.fluid power (Dec. 1982=100)2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-49-02 241.3 243.8 243.9 5.3 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0

Ball and roller bearings2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-49-05 217.3 221.2 219.3 7.3 -0.9 -0.6 0.5 -0.9

Wiring devices2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-71 209.7 209.4 210.0 5.2 0.3 -0.6 -0.4 0.3

Motors, generators, motor generator sets2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-73 185.1 183.5 186.1 5.4 1.4 -0.2 -0.9 1.4

Switchgear, switchboard, etc, equipment2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-75 199.1 200.1 201.0 5.4 0.4 -0.6 0.5 0.4

Electronic components and accessories2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-78 76.6 76.4 75.9 -2.3 -0.7 -0.5 -0.4 -0.7

Internal combustion engines2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-94 158.4 159.7 161.6 3.7 1.2 1.4 -0.1 1.2

Machine shop products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-95 170.6 170.7 171.6 2.5 0.5 -0.2 -1.0 0.5

Flat glass2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11 116.7 119.2 117.2 2.6 -1.7 1.5 -0.7 -1.7

Cement2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-22 209.5 209.2 211.8 0.9 1.2 1.1 -0.5 1.2

Concrete products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3 212.3 214.5 217.4 5.0 1.4 0.7 0.2 0.7

Asphalt felts and coatings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6 223.1 225.7 220.0 50.4 -2.5 -1.0 0.3 -0.8

Gypsum products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7 218.6 222.4 224.6 8.7 1.0 0.7 0.1 1.0

Glass containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8 173.9 176.1 178.8 6.1 1.5 0.1 1.4 0.0

Motor vehicle parts2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-12 121.1 121.9 121.9 3.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0

Aircraft engines & engine parts (Dec 1985=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-23 186.5 187.4 190.3 3.2 1.5 1.0 0.2 -0.1

Aircraft parts & aux. equip.,nec (June 1985=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . 14-25 165.4 165.4 167.1 2.1 1.0 0.0 -0.2 1.0

Photographic supplies2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-42 126.5 125.4 125.4 1.3 0.0 -3.0 1.0 0.0

Medical/surgical/personal aid devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-6 166.1 166.2 166.7 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 -0.1

Crude materials for further processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.2 171.7 166.9 -29.1 -2.8 -12.6 -5.3 -2.9

Crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.6 135.9 136.7 -15.9 0.6 -1.1 -5.5 1.0

Wheat2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-21 196.1 145.2 159.2 -44.6 9.6 -2.1 -7.7 9.6

Corn2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-22-02 201.4 126.0 139.8 -27.9 11.0 -5.0 -13.0 11.0

Slaughter cattle2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-31 144.9 121.3 122.6 -6.8 1.1 2.4 -8.9 1.1

Slaughter hogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-32 90.1 68.4 70.3 26.7 2.8 -11.2 5.8 11.1

Slaughter broilers/fryers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-41-02 204.6 217.3 215.5 4.4 -0.8 2.8 6.9 -7.2

Slaughter turkeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-42 194.4 139.7 125.6 -5.1 -10.1 -10.7 -5.5 9.5

Fluid milk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-6 136.3 119.2 103.3 -32.7 -13.3 0.1 -6.8 -12.0

Soybeans2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-83-01-31 200.6 135.1 161.9 -23.3 19.8 2.2 -8.2 19.8

Cane sugar, raw (Dec 2003=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-52-01-03 124.3 121.4 124.6 5.8 2.6 -2.0 0.8 2.6

Crude nonfood materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.2 189.5 179.8 -36.6 -5.1 -19.6 -5.1 -5.7

Raw cotton2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-51 101.8 89.8 79.0 -21.9 -12.0 -16.5 6.1 -12.0

Hides and skins2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-1 201.7 181.3 116.1 -39.5 -36.0 -2.7 -7.5 -36.0

Coal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-1 171.0 169.9 173.3 24.1 2.0 0.5 0.5 -2.0

Natural gas2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-31 306.9 235.8 217.4 -25.9 -7.8 -10.9 14.7 -7.8

Crude petroleum2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-61 291.5 103.9 90.9 -64.1 -12.5 -30.2 -31.0 -12.5

Logs, timber, etc2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-5 218.6 208.1 198.0 -6.6 -4.9 -2.5 -2.3 -4.9

Wastepaper2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-12 391.5 191.3 185.5 -54.7 -3.0 -57.1 26.5 -3.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of

processing — Continued

[1982=100, unless otherwise indicated]

Grouping Commodity

code

Unadjusted index

Unadjusted percent

change to Jan. 2009

from:

Seasonally adjusted percent change

from:

Sept.

20081

Dec.

20081 Jan. 20091

Jan. 2008 Dec. 2008 Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Crude nonfood materials - Continued

Iron ore2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11 145.2 145.2 150.3 11.9 3.5 0.0 0.0 3.5

Iron and steel scrap2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12 598.1 249.8 304.5 -38.4 21.9 -41.7 13.8 21.9

Nonferrous metal ores (Dec 1983=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21 256.2 184.6 165.0 -32.8 -10.6 -20.2 -9.5 -10.6

Copper base scrap2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23-01 501.3 228.0 222.3 -56.2 -2.5 -35.3 -5.1 -2.5

Aluminum base scrap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23-02 285.4 163.6 138.5 -49.3 -15.3 -17.2 -13.4 -17.7

Construction sand, gravel, and crushed stone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-21 251.0 252.7 256.1 6.0 1.3 0.5 0.5 -0.2

Industrial sand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-99-01 220.8 231.1 237.2 14.7 2.6 2.6 1.1 0.0

1 The indexes for September 2008 have been recalculated to incorporate late reports and corrections by respondents. All indexes are subject to revision 4 months after original publication.

2 Not seasonally adjusted.

′′-′′ Data not available.

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Table 3. Producer price indexes for selected commodity groupings

[1982=100, unless otherwise indicated]

Grouping Commodity

code

Unadjusted index1

Sept. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009

All commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.9 171.3 171.0

Major commodity groups

Farm products and processed foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.0 163.1 162.6

Farm products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01 163.5 134.3 136.8

Processed foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 185.9 178.9 176.8

Industrial commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.1 172.6 172.3

Textile products and apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03 131.0 129.4 130.2

Hides, skins, leather, and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 175.2 171.7 156.7

Fuels and related products and power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 230.2 146.3 147.5

Chemicals and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06 264.2 230.9 228.5

Rubber and plastic products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07 171.6 170.1 166.5

Lumber and wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08 193.7 187.6 184.9

Pulp, paper, and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09 231.1 228.0 227.8

Metals and metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 223.7 188.9 185.4

Machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 130.7 131.0 131.7

Furniture and household durables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 151.0 152.3 152.8

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 204.4 203.9 204.0

Transportation equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 157.8 162.2 162.9

Miscellaneous products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 218.3 217.7 219.1

Industrial commodities less fuels and related products and power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.2 177.6 176.9

Other commodity groupings

Fruits and melons, fresh and dry vegetables, and tree nuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-1 155.4 148.9 151.7

Grains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-2 201.5 134.0 147.1

Slaughter livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-3 133.7 109.9 111.4

Slaughter poultry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-4 199.5 199.3 195.3

Plant and animal fibers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-5 102.7 90.7 79.8

Chicken eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-7 191.8 166.9 166.5

Hay, hayseeds, and oilseeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-8 238.5 173.4 195.3

Oilseeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-83 220.0 152.1 178.7

Cereal and bakery products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-1 230.3 225.5 226.3

Meats, poultry, and fish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-2 159.3 150.4 145.9

Processed poultry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-22 141.8 136.5 140.6

Sugar and confectionery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-5 183.1 190.5 192.4

Beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-6 174.1 175.2 179.0

Packaged beverage materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-63 178.2 177.9 174.0

Fats and oils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-7 308.6 247.1 238.7

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-81 128.4 128.4 128.7

Other leather and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-4 159.4 159.3 160.0

Gas fuels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-3 323.7 209.6 202.5

Electric power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-4 182.7 177.8 177.5

Refined petroleum products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-7 312.3 132.3 142.7

Drugs and pharmaceuticals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-3 348.4 352.7 358.0

Agricultural chemicals and products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-5 340.3 278.5 236.9

Other chemicals and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-7 175.4 179.1 178.9

Rubber and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-1 160.3 161.6 155.9

Rubber, except natural rubber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-11 232.4 222.2 184.8

Miscellaneous rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-13 167.2 169.1 169.4

Plastic products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-2 181.7 179.2 176.2

Lumber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-1 166.7 154.3 150.4

Pulp, paper, and products, excluding building paper and board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-1 206.1 200.5 198.7

Converted paper and paperboard products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-15 205.7 205.8 204.8

Iron and steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1 274.0 193.6 191.2

Nonferrous metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2 247.0 188.0 177.3

Nonferrous mill shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25 213.9 177.0 168.1

Metalworking machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3 170.8 172.1 172.0

General purpose machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4 196.9 198.7 199.8

Special industry machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-6 189.0 190.3 191.3

Electrical machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7 113.8 113.5 114.0

Miscellaneous machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9 166.9 167.7 169.6

Other household durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6 175.1 176.1 177.6

Concrete ingredients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2 231.7 232.6 235.7

Motor vehicles and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1 132.4 137.2 137.4

Toys, sporting goods, small arms, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1 145.9 145.8 152.2

Photographic equipment and supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-4 112.5 111.8 111.8

Other miscellaneous products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-9 160.7 158.3 159.5

1 Data for September 2008 have been revised to reflect the availability of late reports and corrections by respondents. All data are subject to revision 4 months after original publication.

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Table 4. Producer price indexes for the net output of selected industries and industry groups, not seasonally

adjusted

Industry1

Industry

code

Index

base

Index Percent change to Jan. 2009

from:

Sept. 20082 Dec. 20082

Jan. 20092Jan. 2008 Dec. 2008

Total mining, utilities, and manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 116.5 105.1 105.2 -1.9 0.1

Total mining industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/84 273.4 171.5 164.1 -35.4 -4.3

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 12/85 341.2 177.9 165.7 -48.5 -6.9

Mining (except oil & gas). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 12/03 188.9 175.2 175.4 6.4 0.1

Mining support activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 12/03 177.6 177.1 175.9 5.2 -0.7

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 12/03 140.8 134.4 133.1 4.1 -1.0

Total manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/84 182.9 164.2 164.7 -2.3 0.3

Food mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 12/84 179.2 172.2 170.0 2.5 -1.3

Beverage & tobacco mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 12/03 115.2 115.8 117.8 5.1 1.7

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 12/84 114.9 113.4 113.9 3.5 0.4

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 12/03 113.6 114.4 114.8 4.1 0.3

Apparel manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 12/03 102.7 102.8 103.2 1.4 0.4

Leather and allied product manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 12/84 154.8 154.7 155.2 2.1 0.3

Wood product manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 12/03 109.1 105.9 104.9 -0.8 -0.9

Paper manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 12/03 126.6 127.1 126.4 6.7 -0.6

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 12/03 110.4 110.2 109.9 1.9 -0.3

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 12/84 382.6 169.1 180.7 -38.7 6.9

Chemical mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 12/84 240.4 230.1 225.7 5.7 -1.9

Plastics and rubber products mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 12/84 166.9 165.1 162.9 5.2 -1.3

Nonmetallic mineral product mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 12/84 172.5 174.3 175.7 4.5 0.8

Primary metal mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 12/84 228.9 184.7 176.4 -7.4 -4.5

Fabricated metal product mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 12/84 179.6 178.4 178.1 7.5 -0.2

Machinery mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 12/03 118.8 119.5 120.7 6.1 1.0

Computer & electronic product mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 12/03 92.7 92.7 92.9 0.3 0.2

Electrical equipment, appliance & component mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 12/03 129.8 126.5 126.2 0.8 -0.2

Transportation equipment mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 12/03 106.6 109.5 109.8 3.0 0.3

Furniture & related product mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 12/84 174.3 175.2 175.9 5.3 0.4

Miscellaneous mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 12/03 110.4 110.7 112.2 3.4 1.4

Total trade industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 110.2 111.1 110.8 5.3 -0.3

Total wholesale trade industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 111.5 115.4 114.7 9.6 -0.6

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 06/04 119.1 119.3 120.3 7.2 0.8

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 06/05 122.8 132.7 129.6 13.1 -2.3

Wholesale trade agents and brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425 06/05 111.2 111.7 109.3 0.4 -2.1

Total retail trade industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 109.5 108.2 108.2 2.4 0.0

Motor vehicle and parts dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 12/03 117.6 117.7 117.4 -0.8 -0.3

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 12/03 121.1 121.8 121.1 1.3 -0.6

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 12/03 110.8 112.8 112.7 3.4 -0.1

Bldg material and garden equip and supp dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 12/03 120.7 115.9 120.9 1.9 4.3

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 12/99 150.6 153.4 153.8 5.2 0.3

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 12/03 134.0 136.8 135.3 8.4 -1.1

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 06/01 81.7 66.6 67.1 0.0 0.8

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 12/03 112.8 109.1 111.0 3.7 1.7

Sporting goods hobby, book and music stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 12/03 113.1 112.4 115.2 6.5 2.5

General merchandise stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 12/03 109.4 112.3 104.9 -4.5 -6.6

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 12/03 150.6 150.4 152.0 11.8 1.1

Transportation and warehousing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 115.1 109.5 108.6 0.3 -0.8

Transportation industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 114.9 108.9 108.2 0.6 -0.6

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481 12/92 208.6 198.0 197.8 3.0 -0.1

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 12/96 163.7 154.6 147.9 -2.8 -4.3

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 12/03 135.1 129.5 126.6 6.4 -2.2

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 12/03 125.3 117.8 117.8 -1.0 0.0

Pipeline transportation of crude oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486110 06/86 156.8 156.1 158.9 9.7 1.8

Refined petroleum product pipeline transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486910 06/86 142.0 142.4 143.1 5.2 0.5

Transportation support activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 12/03 112.8 110.1 109.9 0.4 -0.2

Delivery and warehouse industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 115.5 111.1 109.3 -0.7 -1.6

Postal service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 06/89 180.5 180.5 180.5 2.8 0.0

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 12/03 148.4 136.4 131.7 -4.4 -3.4

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 12/06 106.9 107.7 107.2 1.1 -0.5

Total traditional service industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 102.3 101.9 102.3 0.0 0.4

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 102.2 102.2 102.6 1.1 0.4

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 12/03 110.2 110.7 111.9 2.0 1.1

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 12/03 107.0 109.1 107.0 2.5 -1.9

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 12/03 101.5 100.9 101.2 0.6 0.3

ISPs and Web search portals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5181 06/04 73.6 73.5 72.7 -1.0 -1.1

Data processing and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5182 12/03 101.1 100.9 100.6 0.2 -0.3

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4. Producer price indexes for the net output of selected industries and industry groups, not seasonally

adjusted — Continued

Industry1

Industry

code

Index

base

Index Percent change to Jan. 2009

from:

Sept. 20082 Dec. 20082

Jan. 20092Jan. 2008 Dec. 2008

Selected health care industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 104.9 105.5 106.1 1.7 0.6

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6211 12/96 123.7 124.2 124.6 1.1 0.3

Medical and diagnostic laboratories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6215 12/03 107.6 107.9 108.0 0.7 0.1

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6216 12/96 126.5 127.1 127.4 1.6 0.2

Blood and organ banks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621991 06/06 107.9 108.6 111.0 5.5 2.2

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 12/92 163.0 164.3 165.2 1.7 0.5

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6231 12/03 119.8 120.7 121.7 3.2 0.8

Residential mental retardation facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62321 12/03 118.9 118.9 119.2 3.3 0.3

Other selected traditional service industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 101.4 100.6 100.9 -0.9 0.3

Depository credit intermediation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5221 12/03 100.8 99.2 99.2 -8.2 0.0

Security, commodity contracts and like activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 12/03 120.5 112.3 113.4 -7.4 1.0

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 12/03 110.6 110.8 111.5 2.2 0.6

Lessors of nonres bldg (exc miniwarehouse). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53112 12/03 111.7 111.6 113.8 5.3 2.0

Lessors of miniwarehouse and self storage units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53113 12/03 115.9 115.7 112.9 2.2 -2.4

Offices of real estate agents and brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5312 12/03 103.8 103.2 98.6 -10.6 -4.5

Automotive equipment rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5321 06/01 131.3 124.1 129.6 6.8 4.4

Other heavy machinery rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532412 12/03 117.1 117.0 117.1 -1.5 0.1

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5411 12/96 162.6 163.1 164.2 2.7 0.7

Architectural, engineering and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5413 12/96 141.6 142.1 142.0 2.0 -0.1

Management and technical consulting services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5416 06/06 106.1 106.5 107.3 2.4 0.8

Advertising agencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54181 12/03 106.3 106.3 104.9 -0.3 -1.3

Employment services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5613 12/96 123.1 124.2 123.3 0.8 -0.7

Travel agencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56151 12/03 101.4 101.4 101.4 2.6 0.0

Janitorial services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56172 12/03 109.4 108.8 109.8 0.8 0.9

Waste collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5621 12/03 114.0 110.2 113.6 2.6 3.1

Computer training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61142 06/06 112.1 112.3 112.5 4.2 0.2

Amusement and theme parks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71311 06/06 111.3 111.1 111.3 2.7 0.2

Golf courses and country clubs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71391 12/05 107.0 106.8 108.2 2.2 1.3

Fitness and recreational sports centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71394 12/04 100.6 100.2 100.4 -0.7 0.2

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 12/96 146.9 144.3 142.4 -2.1 -1.3

Commercial machinery repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8113 06/06 106.3 106.3 106.5 2.7 0.2

1 Indexes in this table are derived from the net-output-weighted industry price indexes. Because of differences in coverage and aggregation methodology, they will generally not match the

movements of similarly titled indexes which are derived from traditional commodity groupings.

2 The indexes for September 2008 have been recalculated to incorporate late reports and corrections by respondents. All indexes are subject to revision 4 months after original publication.

′′-′′ Data not available.

NOTE: NAICS replaced the SIC system beginning with the release of PPI data for January 2004.

See http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ppinaics.htm for details.

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Table 5. Producer price indexes by stage of processing, seasonally adjusted

[1982=100]

Grouping

Index1

Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009

Finished goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.5 182.3 177.3 172.9 169.7 171.1

Finished consumer goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.1 192.7 185.6 179.6 175.1 176.8

Finished consumer foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.2 181.2 181.2 181.5 179.0 178.3

Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.2 173.0 177.0 177.5 158.1 170.1

Processed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.3 181.9 181.4 181.7 180.8 178.7

Finished consumer goods, excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.3 196.8 186.9 178.3 173.0 175.5

Nondurable goods less foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.1 221.1 205.8 192.9 184.5 188.1

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.8 142.3 142.7 142.5 143.1 143.7

Capital equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.8 155.4 156.0 156.2 156.4 157.2

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.7 159.2 159.9 159.8 159.7 160.2

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.3 153.9 154.6 154.8 155.1 156.0

Intermediate materials, supplies, and components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.3 197.1 189.6 181.4 173.7 172.5

Materials and components for manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.8 186.9 181.9 173.7 164.9 163.1

Materials for food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.3 184.4 179.3 178.3 173.0 167.7

Materials for nondurable manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.1 235.2 226.0 207.3 188.4 188.5

Materials for durable manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.0 214.7 204.5 192.0 178.1 171.9

Components for manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.9 142.4 142.6 142.4 142.0 141.7

Materials and components for construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.8 213.9 213.0 210.4 207.8 206.3

Processed fuels and lubricants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218.5 216.0 191.4 172.5 157.8 157.8

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210.2 208.6 188.4 170.1 159.2 160.1

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.9 220.0 193.6 174.3 158.0 157.6

Containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.9 198.0 199.0 199.0 198.0 197.8

Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.8 178.9 177.8 176.1 174.1 173.3

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.9 173.7 173.9 173.7 173.1 170.7

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.8 178.7 177.3 175.2 173.0 172.3

Feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.2 197.4 183.2 172.5 165.5 165.9

Other supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.0 177.8 177.8 176.6 174.9 174.2

Crude materials for further processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.0 253.1 209.5 183.0 173.3 168.2

Foodstuffs and feedstuffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.8 165.6 148.1 146.5 138.4 139.8

Nonfood materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.4 314.8 249.6 200.7 190.4 179.6

Nonfood materials except fuel2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357.8 324.3 257.2 193.2 164.1 156.5

Manufacturing2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333.5 302.0 238.9 178.7 151.4 144.0

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.2 199.9 200.4 196.0 193.6 194.0

Crude fuel3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.8 273.4 216.5 197.8 220.8 205.8

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294.6 261.1 208.6 191.4 212.7 202.2

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.7 279.4 221.1 201.8 225.5 210.0

Special groupings

Finished goods, excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.5 182.3 175.9 170.3 166.9 168.8

Intermediate materials less foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.6 197.6 190.2 181.8 173.9 173.0

Intermediate foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.6 189.6 181.3 176.9 171.0 167.3

Crude materials less agricultural products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360.6 323.4 255.7 206.0 195.9 183.9

Finished energy goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.0 193.4 168.7 147.8 134.3 139.3

Finished goods less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.4 172.0 172.4 172.6 172.2 172.5

Finished consumer goods less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.8 179.4 179.7 179.9 179.2 179.4

Finished goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.5 169.2 169.8 169.9 170.3 171.0

Finished consumer goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.7 178.6 179.2 179.3 179.8 180.4

Consumer nondurable goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.6 209.8 210.6 211.1 211.3 212.1

Intermediate energy goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224.7 219.2 195.0 171.0 154.2 156.5

Intermediate materials less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.9 188.9 185.7 181.6 176.2 174.1

Intermediate materials less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.7 188.9 186.0 181.9 176.6 174.7

Crude energy materials2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339.3 303.9 234.1 190.5 179.2 164.6

Crude materials less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220.5 210.7 184.6 170.1 162.5 163.7

Crude nonfood materials less energy3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375.9 339.5 286.6 227.0 222.1 222.3

1 All seasonally adjusted indexes are subject to change up to 5 years after original publication due to the recalculation of seasonal factors each January. The indexes for September 2008

have been recalculated to incorporate late reports and corrections by respondents.

2 Includes crude petroleum.

3 Excludes crude petroleum.

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