# Bananas and Fungicides

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/bananas-and-fungicides/

[Bananas](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/bananas/) (commodity) and [Fungicides](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/fungicides/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: crop protection

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Black Sigatoka leaf disease forces plantations to spray fungicides dozens of times a year, a large production cost. The US index correlates with bananas at 0.03 for monthly moves and 0.27 for yearly moves.

- **0.03** monthly change correlation
- **0.27** 12-month change correlation
- **1.47** fitted elasticity

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