# Adhesives and sealants and Timber

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/adhesives-and-sealants-and-timber/

[Adhesives and sealants](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/adhesives/) (chemical) and [Timber](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/lumber/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: processing input

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Plywood and engineered wood are glued with resins, so adhesive costs affect wood products. Sawnwood itself uses no glue, and the data shows no link: monthly moves correlate at minus 0.04.

- **-0.04** monthly change correlation
- **-0.11** 12-month change correlation
- **-0.30** fitted elasticity

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