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Carbon dioxide and Coffee

Their prices have moved together.

Carbon dioxide (chemical) and Coffee (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: processing input

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Some decaffeination uses pressurised carbon dioxide to extract caffeine, and CO2 is also used in packaging. It is a minor cost, and the data shows no meaningful link: monthly moves correlate at 0.06 and yearly moves at 0.04.

  • 0.06 monthly change correlation
  • 0.04 12-month change correlation
  • 0.66 fitted elasticity

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