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Ammonia and LNG chain

Their prices have moved together.

Ammonia (chemical) and LNG chain (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: feedstock cost

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Importers such as India rely on LNG for much of their fertiliser gas, so Asian LNG prices set their production cost. The Japan LNG price, largely oil-indexed, moves with the proxy at 0.22 monthly and 0.78 yearly.

  • 0.22 monthly change correlation
  • 0.78 12-month change correlation
  • 0.70 fitted elasticity

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