Producer Price Index for sulfuric acid, a WPU commodity index covering the acid as sold to industrial buyers regardless of end use. Index base: June 1987 = 100.
Latest value
307.176
Index · as of Aug 2026
Year-over-year change
+42.0%
BLS
Month-over-month change
+0.0%
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 194.8 to 307.2, a change of +57.7%.
Highest reading in that period: 307.2 in Jul 2026. Lowest: 161.5 in Jun 2024.
Largest one-month rise: +20.3% in May 2026. Largest one-month fall: -14.1% in Feb 2025.
For a clause that resets its base every year, a 10% cap or floor would have limited the adjustment in 14 of the last 20 months.
Volatility (12mo)
±5.68%
Std. dev. of month-over-month change
Strongest average month-over-month move historically: May (+10.3% avg).
What this means for your clause
Common in phosphate fertilizer, metal pickling, and mineral processing supply contracts, since sulfuric acid is a direct input in each. The acid is heavy and corrosive to transport, so some contracts add a separate freight adjustment alongside this index rather than folding transport into one blended rate.
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 — Sulfuric Acid (BLS series WPU0613020T1), 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.]
Compare the current value of BLS series WPU0613020T1 (Sulfuric Acid) to its value at contract signing, turn that into a ratio, and apply the ratio to the sulfuric acid-affected line items. A usable clause also names an averaging window, a publication-lag rule, and a cap.
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