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Bioethanol and Isopropanol

Their prices have moved together.

Bioethanol (chemical) and Isopropanol (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: substitute

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Ethanol competes with isopropanol as a solvent and disinfectant. The ethanol index moves with the proxy at 0.65 monthly and 0.78 yearly, but this is partly mechanical because ethanol is itself a component of the proxy index.

  • 0.65 monthly change correlation
  • 0.78 12-month change correlation
  • 0.23 fitted elasticity

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