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Benzene and Pharma starting materials and intermediates

Their prices have moved together.

Benzene (chemical) and Pharma starting materials and intermediates (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: aromatic feed

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Many intermediates are aromatic compounds made from benzene, toluene or their derivatives. Against the petrochemical proxy, monthly moves correlate at 0.13 and yearly moves at -0.09, as contract pricing and long chains separate the two.

  • 0.13 monthly change correlation
  • -0.09 12-month change correlation
  • -0.05 fitted elasticity

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