Index lookup · PCU335910335910
Producer Price Index for battery manufacturing.
Latest value is 1 month old. Next update expected around Sep 2026.
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Strongest average month-over-month move historically: July (+0.5% avg).
Covers finished battery packs and cells broadly. For EV or grid-scale battery-metal exposure specifically, pair with a lithium or nickel index rather than relying on this alone.
A starting point citing this series by name and code. Replace the bracketed terms with your contract's actual scope before use.
The [affected portion] of the Contract Price shall be adjusted using US PPI — Battery Manufacturing (BLS series PCU335910335910), published by BLS. Base Period: the index value published for August 2026 (or the month of contract signing, if different) is the Base Value. Adjustment: at each Adjustment Date, the Current Value is the most recently published three-month average of the index (the Averaging Window). The Escalation Factor equals Current Value divided by Base Value. Cap: the Escalation Factor applied under this clause shall not exceed 1.10 or fall below 0.90 (a 10% cap and floor) in any single Adjustment Date, regardless of the index's actual movement. [Replace bracketed terms with your contract's actual affected-portion definition and adjustment-date schedule before use. This is a drafting starting point, not legal advice.]
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Split chips from the equipment that makes them. Chip prices index to BLS PCU334413334413 and move in sharp boom-bust cycles. Fab equipment indexes to PCU333242333242 and moves on a steadier capital-spending cycle. A shared index will misprice whichever side is not actually in its cycle phase.
Read more →Unlike steel or aluminum, lithium and battery metals have no single official government price index. Clauses instead reference a named private benchmark (commonly a Fastmarkets or Benchmark Mineral Intelligence lithium carbonate assessment, or an exchange settlement price) with the USGS annual average as a lower-frequency audit backstop. The ratio-and-adjustment mechanics are the same as any other escalation clause; naming the exact benchmark provider and price basis matters even more here.
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