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Benzene and Rubber chemicals

Their prices have moved together.

Benzene (chemical) and Rubber chemicals (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: aniline feed

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Accelerators and the antiozonant 6PPD are made from aniline, which comes from benzene via nitrobenzene. Against the petrochemical index proxy, monthly moves correlate at 0.29 and yearly moves at 0.64.

  • 0.29 monthly change correlation
  • 0.64 12-month change correlation
  • 0.07 fitted elasticity

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