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Acrylic acid and Propylene

Their prices have moved together.

Acrylic acid (chemical) and Propylene (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: feedstock

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Propylene is the only carbon source, so acrylic acid is priced as a margin over it. The petrochemical proxy moves with the basic organics proxy at 0.29 monthly and 0.64 yearly.

  • 0.29 monthly change correlation
  • 0.64 12-month change correlation
  • 0.07 fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.