Ammonium sulphate and Caprolactam

Their prices have moved together.

Ammonium sulphate (chemical) and Caprolactam (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: by-product

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Caprolactam plants produce ammonium sulphate whatever its price, so nylon demand rather than farm demand sets much of the supply. The cyclic intermediates proxy moves with the fertiliser proxy at 0.24 monthly and 0.70 yearly.

• 0.24 monthly change correlation
• 0.70 12-month change correlation
• 1.07 fitted elasticity

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