Chlorine and Herbicides

Their prices have moved together.

Chlorine (chemical) and Herbicides (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: chlorination input

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Many herbicides, including 2,4-D and atrazine, are chlorinated molecules. Against the chlor-alkali proxy, monthly moves correlate at 0.17 and yearly at 0.74, with the best fit having the pesticides index lead by about 3 months.

• 0.17 monthly change correlation
• 0.74 12-month change correlation
• 0.55 fitted elasticity

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