Caustic soda and PVC

Their prices have moved together.

Caustic soda (chemical) and PVC (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: co-product demand

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Most chlorine goes into PVC, so strong PVC demand raises chlorine output and the caustic soda that comes with it. The PVC proxy is a broad plastics index; monthly moves correlate at 0.08 and yearly moves at 0.08.

• 0.08 monthly change correlation
• 0.08 12-month change correlation
• 1.01 fitted elasticity

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