# Antibiotic intermediates (6-APA, 7-ACA) and Maize

Maize is a raw material for antibiotic intermediates (6-APA, 7-ACA); their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/antibiotic-intermediates-6-apa-7-aca-and-maize/

[Antibiotic intermediates (6-APA, 7-ACA)](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/antibiotic_intermediates/) (chemical) and [Maize](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/maize/) (commodity): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Feedstock

*Physical flow · Direct · Maize → Antibiotic intermediates (6-APA, 7-ACA)*

Antibiotic intermediates (6-APA, 7-ACA) is made from maize: it is one of the raw materials its production routes start from.

### 2. Price link: fermentation feed

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Corn starch and glucose syrup are the main fermentation sugars in Chinese plants, with corn steep liquor as a nutrient. Monthly moves correlate at -0.06 with the antibiotics proxy, as feed costs are a small part of final drug prices.

- **-0.06** monthly change correlation
- **-0.16** 12-month change correlation
- **-0.27** fitted elasticity

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