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BLS International Price Program (EIUIR14200) · Import price index, bauxite and aluminum, not seasonally adjusted

How much have the prices of imported aluminum changed?

The import price index for bauxite and aluminum was 282.7 in the month ended , up 31.3% from a year earlier.

Import price index, bauxite and aluminum, not seasonally adjusted, each month

January 1995 to September 2026Not seasonally adjusted, as published

Import price index, bauxite and aluminum, not seasonally adjusted, each month (January 1995 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Import price index, bauxite and aluminum, not seasonally adjusted, each month (September 2016 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Import price index, bauxite and aluminum, not seasonally adjusted, each month (September 2024 to September 2026)

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to .

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .

Import price index, bauxite and aluminum, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)

January 1995 to September 2026Ours, from the published values

Import price index, bauxite and aluminum, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (January 1995 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Import price index, bauxite and aluminum, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (September 2016 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Import price index, bauxite and aluminum, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (September 2024 to September 2026)

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to .

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .

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MeasureLatestThe month beforeA year earlierFive years earlierTen years earlier
Month
Import price index, bauxite and aluminum282.7283.8215.3207.9115.0
Change over a year+31.3%+36.4%−0.7%+54.5%−6.3%

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Observed .

Right now

The import price index for bauxite and aluminum was 282.7 in September 2026, the lowest since May 2026.

Over a year it is up 31.3% (ours).

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ChangeOurs

PeriodThenChange
One month283.8 in −0.4%
Three months290.7 in −2.8%
Twelve months215.3 in +31.3%
Five years207.9 in +36.0%
Ten years115.0 in +145.8%

In historyOurs

The import price index for bauxite and aluminum of 282.7 in was higher than in 377 of the 380 other months since , the same in 0 and lower in 3.

Highest since : 293.5 in . Lowest since : 84.6 in .

AverageOurs

Average since : 141.34 (ours, a plain mean of the 381 months).

ComparedOurs

Over a year the import price index for bauxite and aluminum is up 31.3%, which ranks 5 of the 12 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.

The table sets the import price index for bauxite and aluminum beside the metals price indexes, by the change over a year in each one's newest month.

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Understanding the import price index for bauxite and aluminum

Where it stands today

The import price index for bauxite and aluminum was 282.7 in September 2026.

What does the import price index for bauxite and aluminum measure?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) measures the change in the prices of goods that the United States imports, and publishes its import price indexes each month, about two weeks after the month ends. The index covers bauxite and aluminum, the ore and the metal, that the United States imports. BLS builds it from the prices that a sample of US importers report, and counts it among the unfinished metals.

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What 500metrics adds: the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, the highest and lowest value since the series begins, and how the change over a year compares with the other lines of the metals prices page.

The numbers behind the chart

What was the import price index for bauxite and aluminum in each month?The last ten years, 120 months, newest first; the chart and the file have every month since Jan 1995
Import price index, bauxite and aluminum, not seasonally adjusted, by month, newest first (Index, base period set by BLS; the change ours)
MonthValueChange over a year
282.7+31.3%
283.8+36.4%
293.5+44.0%
290.7+41.3%
282.0+31.8%
268.7+19.7%
252.3+9.4%
248.8+9.3%
236.6+5.1%
230.2+0.8%
222.4−1.6%
217.8−2.3%
215.3−0.7%
208.1−2.7%
203.8−5.7%
205.7−6.3%
214.0+1.2%
224.4+11.4%
230.6+18.9%
227.7+18.0%
225.2+15.7%
228.4+19.0%
226.0+16.4%
223.0+13.7%
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MonthValueChange over a year
216.8+10.5%
213.8+6.8%
216.2+5.9%
219.5+7.5%
211.4+1.2%
201.5−4.1%
194.0−9.3%
193.0−13.0%
194.7−8.7%
192.0−9.9%
194.2−6.0%
196.1−6.9%
196.2−9.3%
200.2−10.7%
204.1−11.3%
204.2−18.0%
208.9−22.5%
210.2−21.9%
214.0−19.9%
221.9−9.1%
213.2−7.9%
213.1−4.5%
206.5−5.5%
210.7−3.2%
216.3+4.0%
224.3+9.7%
230.2+14.9%
249.0+28.0%
269.4+44.2%
269.3+52.0%
267.2+56.1%
244.2+49.7%
231.5+42.3%
223.1+42.7%
218.5+49.2%
217.6+58.9%
207.9+54.5%
204.5+56.5%
200.3+61.4%
194.6+64.9%
186.8+60.5%
177.2+50.3%
171.2+37.4%
163.1+31.6%
162.7+30.3%
156.3+24.8%
146.4+15.7%
136.9+10.9%
134.6+7.2%
130.7+2.4%
124.1−5.0%
118.0−10.2%
116.4−13.2%
117.9−14.3%
124.6−8.4%
123.9−8.8%
124.9−7.5%
125.2−9.7%
126.5−9.1%
123.5−14.8%
125.6−12.4%
127.6−12.2%
130.7−11.8%
131.4−13.9%
134.1−12.1%
137.5−2.9%
136.0−6.3%
135.8−5.1%
135.0−5.4%
138.6+0.8%
139.1−1.1%
144.9+4.5%
143.3+5.8%
145.3+12.5%
148.2+14.7%
152.6+18.8%
152.6+18.0%
141.6+8.9%
145.2+13.2%
143.1+15.9%
142.7+19.7%
137.5+16.0%
140.6+19.3%
138.7+19.0%
135.5+17.8%
129.2+11.0%
129.2+10.7%
128.4+10.5%
129.3+9.5%
130.0+12.5%
128.3+9.9%
123.5+7.1%
119.2+2.4%
118.5+0.7%
117.9−0.3%
116.6−4.0%
How does it compare with the metals price indexes?Ranked by the change over a year
Import price index, bauxite and aluminum beside the metals price indexes, newest month of each, by the change over a year (ours); equal changes share a rank
SeriesMonthValueChange over a yearRank
Silver, imports254.4+44.7%1
Copper, imports604.7+37.9%2
Copper, exports415.5+35.7%3
Zinc, imports313.4+33.8%4
Aluminum, imports282.7+31.3%5
Platinum, imports117.7+28.2%6
Platinum, exports70.7+27.4%7
Aluminum, exports206.0+21.8%8
Gold, exports163.1+20.2%9
Gold bullion (Harmonized 7108), exports163.6+17.0%10
Gold, imports160.1+14.4%11
Gold bullion (Harmonized 7108), imports160.2+14.0%12

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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite

What this number cannot tell you

  • The index follows the prices that importers report for the bauxite and aluminum they import. It is not a price of aluminum on any exchange.
  • The index is not adjusted for the season. A month-to-month change can include the usual swings of the calendar year.
  • The index has no unit. BLS sets a base period for each series and gives it the value 100 there, so the values of two series cannot be compared with each other; only their changes can.
  • BLS revises an index in the months after it first publishes it, and this page shows the newest values. A month with no value shows as a gap in the chart.
  • The index is shown to one decimal. The changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values are ours, worked out from the values BLS publishes; a change is in percent.

Observed . Checked .

How to cite this

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Import/Export Price Indexes, Import price index, bauxite and aluminum, not seasonally adjusted, through September 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "How much have the prices of imported aluminum changed?", https://500metrics.com/metals-prices/aluminum-imports.

Can the data be downloaded?metals-prices-aluminum-imports.csv

Download the full history as CSV: 381 rows, to , 7,093 bytes.

Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0.

Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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