# Chlorine and Hydrochloric acid

Their prices have moved together.

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

[Chlorine](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/chlorine/) (chemical) and [Hydrochloric acid](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/hydrochloric_acid/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: feedstock

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Hydrochloric acid is made from chlorine, either directly or as a by-product of chlorination. The chlorine proxy is a US alkalies and chlorine index; monthly moves correlate at 0.19 and yearly moves at 0.59.

- **0.19** monthly change correlation
- **0.59** 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.