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Butadiene and Polybutadiene rubber

Their prices have moved together.

Butadiene (chemical) and Polybutadiene rubber (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: feedstock

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Butadiene is the only monomer, so polybutadiene is priced as a margin over it. The petrochemical proxy moves with the synthetic rubber proxy at 0.36 monthly and 0.66 yearly, and 0.56 over the last five years.

  • 0.36 monthly change correlation
  • 0.66 12-month change correlation
  • 0.27 fitted elasticity

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