Packaging & Paper price indices for US
36 official price series covering 10 subcategories in US. Sources: FRED, EIA, USDA, DBnomics. Latest data: 2026-03-01.
Packaging & Paper indices for US cover 36 series across Paper, Containers, Wood Pulp. Latest data: 2026-03-01. PPI: Recycled Paperboard (Testliner proxy) leads the upside at +0.6% over the past month, +2.0% year on year. PPI: Glass Containers has moved the other direction at -1.7% over the same window. For procurement teams sourcing packaging & paper 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.
| Index | Current | 1M | 3M | 12M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPI: Recycled Paperboard (Testliner proxy) Kraftliner & Testliner · Index | 421.67 | +0.6% | -0.2% | +2.0% |
| PPI: Paper & Paperboard Paper · Index | 263.65 | +0.5% | +3.1% | +3.9% |
| PPI: Pulp & Paper Mills Paper · Index | 191.94 | +0.0% | +0.0% | +2.1% |
| PPI: Metal Cans Containers · Index | 233.7 | +0.0% | -0.2% | +7.8% |
| PPI: Corrugated & Solid Fiber Boxes Containers · Index | 465.75 | -0.2% | -0.1% | +3.6% |
| PPI: Corrugated Shipping Containers Corrugated & Fluting · Index | 356.73 | -0.2% | -0.1% | +4.1% |
| PPI: Unbleached Kraft Paperboard Kraftliner & Testliner · Index | 217.39 | -0.3% | -1.2% | -1.2% |
| PPI: Wood Pulp Wood Pulp · Index | 197.18 | -0.3% | -3.8% | -9.0% |
| PPI: Wood Pulp (Detailed) Wood Pulp · Index | 136.89 | -0.3% | -3.8% | -9.0% |
| PPI: Paperboard Container Containers · Index | 464.08 | -0.3% | -0.2% | +3.5% |
| PPI: Corrugated Sheets (Detailed) Corrugated & Fluting · Index | 352.79 | -0.4% | -0.4% | +1.1% |
| PPI: Glass Containers Containers · Index | 305.38 | -1.7% | +2.4% | +2.8% |
| PPI: Paperboard (excl. Corrugated Sheets) Kraftliner & Testliner · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Paperboard (All Grades) Kraftliner & Testliner · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Corrugated Sheets & Rolls (Fluting proxy) Corrugated & Fluting · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Folding Paperboard Boxes Corrugated & Fluting · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Fiber Cans & Composite Containers Corrugated & Fluting · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Recyclable Paper (OCC/Mixed Waste) Recycled Paper · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Corrugated Recyclable Paper (OCC) Recycled Paper · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Writing & Printing Paper Printing & Writing · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Coated Printing Paper Printing & Writing · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Newsprint Printing & Writing · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Bristol / Clay-Coated Paper Printing & Writing · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Packaging & Converting Paper Converting & Flexible · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: PP Laminated Flexible Packaging Converting & Flexible · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Pressure-Sensitive Labels Converting & Flexible · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Label & Wrapper Printing (Packaging) Converting & Flexible · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Sanitary Tissue Products Tissue · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Sanitary Paper Products Tissue · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Hardboard, Particleboard & Fiberboard Board Products · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Particleboard & MDF Board Products · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Waferboard & OSB Board Products · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Pulp, Paper & Allied (All) Paper · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Pulp & Paperboard Mills (Industry) Paper · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Stationery Products Paper · Index | — | — | — | — |
| PPI: Printing & Related Paper · 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.