Chemicals & Plastics price indices for US

55 official price series covering 5 subcategories in US. Sources: FRED, EIA, USDA, DBnomics. Latest data: 2026-03-01.

Indices tracked
55
Subcategories
5
Top 1M riser
+2.8%
PPI: Plastic Resins & Materials
Top 1M decliner
-1.5%
PPI: Synthetic Dyes & Pigments
Featured: top 12-month mover
PPI: Plastic Resins & Materials
262.87 Index-3.5% YoYSource FRED
Last 12 months
Market reading

Chemicals & Plastics indices for US cover 55 series across Plastics, Rubber, Chemicals. Latest data: 2026-03-01. PPI: Plastic Resins & Materials leads the upside at +2.8% over the past month, -3.5% year on year. PPI: Synthetic Dyes & Pigments has moved the other direction at -1.5% over the same window. For procurement teams sourcing chemicals & plastics inputs in or from US, the table below carries the full series, source IDs, and frequencies so you can pull the raw data into a negotiation model or supplier benchmarking view.

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Indices and recent changes

Ranked by 1-month change. Click any row for full chart and forecast.

IndexCurrent1M3M12M
PPI: Plastic Resins & Materials
Plastics · Index
262.87+2.8%+3.7%-3.5%
PPI: Plastics Resin Manufacturing
Plastics · Index
312.52+2.5%+3.3%-4.0%
PPI: Plastics Material & Resin Mfg
Plastics · Index
312.52+2.5%+3.3%-4.0%
PPI: Plastics Packaging Film & Sheet
Plastics · Index
185.77+1.6%+3.0%+4.1%
PPI: Fertilizer
Fertilizer · Index
380.01+1.5%+5.5%+15.3%
PPI: Explosives
Chemicals · Index
460.06+1.3%+4.2%+4.2%
PPI: Basic Chemicals
Chemicals · Index
360.64+0.7%+1.6%+0.9%
PPI: Organic Chemicals
Chemicals · Index
366.66+0.6%+1.9%+5.2%
PPI: Rubber Products
Rubber · Index
257.75+0.5%+1.0%+1.1%
PPI: Medicinal & Botanical
Pharma · Index
188.16+0.2%-4.3%-2.9%
PPI: Plastics Bottle Manufacturing
Plastics · Index
172.76+0.1%+1.7%+2.0%
PPI: Plastics Pipe & Fittings
Plastics · Index
427.62+0.1%+0.7%-2.8%
PPI: Printing Ink
Chemicals · Index
264.13+0.1%+0.4%+2.6%
PPI: Ethyl Alcohol
Chemicals · Index
502.89+0.0%+0.7%+7.3%
PPI: Soap & Cleaning Compounds
Chemicals · Index
241.13+0.0%+1.0%+3.7%
PPI: Foam Product Manufacturing
Plastics · Index
194.86+0.0%-0.9%-0.5%
PPI: Adhesives & Sealants
Chemicals · Index
377.23+0.0%+0.5%+2.3%
PPI: Cosmetics & Toiletries
Chemicals · Index
251.23+0.0%+0.9%+2.1%
PPI: Toilet Preparation Mfg
Chemicals · Index
251.23+0.0%+0.9%+2.1%
PPI: Industrial Gas
Chemicals · Index
288.99-0.0%+3.5%+12.6%
PPI: Pharmaceutical Preparation
Pharma · Index
927.35-0.0%+0.9%+1.2%
PPI: Paint & Coatings
Chemicals · Index
434.97-0.1%+1.1%+4.3%
PPI: Plastic Packaging Products
Plastics · Index
148.25-0.1%+0.6%+0.4%
PPI: Pesticide & Agricultural Chemical
Chemicals · Index
182.85-0.4%-0.2%-7.2%
PPI: Tire Manufacturing
Rubber · Index
223.48-0.6%+0.4%+2.8%
PPI: Synthetic Dyes & Pigments
Chemicals · Index
119.09-1.5%-7.7%-2.6%
PPI: Inorganic Chemicals
Chemicals · Index
PPI: Plastics Resin (Primary Products)
Plastics · Index
PPI: Thermoplastic Resins
Plastics · Index
PPI: Polyethylene Film & Sheet
Plastics · Index
PPI: Polyethylene Bags & Pouches
Plastics · Index
PPI: Polypropylene Packaging Film
Plastics · Index
PPI: Plastics Bottles
Plastics · Index
PPI: Plastics Bottle Manufacturing
Plastics · Index
PPI: Plastic Film & Sheet (Unsupported)
Plastics · Index
PPI: Laminated Plastic Sheets & Tubes
Plastics · Index
PPI: Non-Packaging Plastics Film
Plastics · Index
Pharmaceutical Expenditures Price Index
Pharma · Index
PPI: Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing
Fertilizer · Index
PPI: Synthetic Ammonia
Fertilizer · Index
PPI: Petrochemical Mfg
Chemicals · Index
PPI: Industrial Gas Mfg
Chemicals · Index
PPI: Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals
Chemicals · Index
PPI: Other Basic Organic Chemicals
Chemicals · Index
PPI: Synthetic Rubber Mfg
Rubber · Index
PPI: Cellulosic Organic Fiber Mfg
Plastics · Index
PPI: Noncellulosic Organic Fiber
Plastics · Index
PPI: Nitrogenous Fertilizer Mfg
Fertilizer · Index
PPI: Phosphatic Fertilizer Mfg
Fertilizer · Index
PPI: Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins
Plastics · Index
PPI: Polyethylene Resins (LDPE/HDPE proxy)
Plastics · Index
PPI: Polypropylene Resins
Plastics · Index
PPI: Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Resins
Plastics · Index
PPI: Polystyrene Resins
Plastics · Index
PPI: Chemical & Allied Products Wholesalers
Chemicals · Index

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Data is refreshed on source release. FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis), EIA (US Energy Information Administration), USDA NASS, and DBnomics aggregate official series from 90+ statistical agencies. All series IDs shown above can be retrieved via the free ProcureIndex API: /docs. Methodology and freshness logic at /docs/sources.