# Chlorine and Herbicides

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/chlorine-and-herbicides/

[Chlorine](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/chlorine/) (chemical) and [Herbicides](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/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

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