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Acetic acid and Purified terephthalic acid

Their prices have moved together.

Acetic acid (chemical) and Purified terephthalic acid (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: main use

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

PTA plants use acetic acid as the solvent for oxidising paraxylene, so polyester demand affects acetic acid. The cyclic intermediates proxy moves with the basic organics proxy at 0.33 monthly and 0.80 yearly.

  • 0.33 monthly change correlation
  • 0.80 12-month change correlation
  • 0.84 fitted elasticity

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