US PPI — General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload (Primary Product Line)
Producer Price Index industry data for general freight trucking, long-distance, less than truckload, limited to the primary product line, the core LTL freight service revenue of that industry rather than PCU484122 (General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload), which can include ancillary service revenue from the same carriers. Index base: June 1992 = 100.
Latest value
517.329
Index · as of Aug 2026
Year-over-year change
+14.9%
BLS
Month-over-month change
+4.5%
Latest value is 1 month old. Next update expected around Sep 2026.
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Price history
Data & insights
Key figures
From Jan 2024 to Aug 2026 the index went from 408.4 to 517.3, a change of +26.7%.
Highest reading in that period: 526.1 in May 2026. Lowest: 407.6 in Jun 2024.
Largest one-month rise: +12.0% in Apr 2026. Largest one-month fall: -4.6% in Jul 2026.
For a clause that resets its base every year, a 10% cap or floor would have limited the adjustment in 7 of the last 20 months.
Volatility (12mo)
±3.83%
Std. dev. of month-over-month change
Strongest average month-over-month move historically: April (+4.2% avg).
What this means for your clause
Use in place of PCU484122 (General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload) when a contract needs the LTL rate isolated from ancillary revenue, accessorial fees or warehousing, that LTL carriers also report under the same industry code. The two series track closely in practice, so switching between them mid-contract is rarely worth the administrative effort.
Draft a clause
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 — General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload (Primary Product Line) (BLS series PCU4841224841221), 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.]
Match the trucking PPI to the actual move. Local drayage uses PCU484110484110, long-distance full truckload uses PCU484121484121, less-than-truckload uses PCU484122484122. Add a diesel fuel index for the surcharge, since fuel and linehaul rates move on different schedules.
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