# Chlorine and Insecticides

Their prices have moved together.

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

[Chlorine](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/chlorine/) (chemical) and [Insecticides](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/insecticides/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: chlorination input

*Cost and price · Strong · Both ways*

Pyrethroids, many neonicotinoids and diamides contain chlorine, and chlorinated intermediates are key inputs. Against the chlor-alkali proxy, monthly moves correlate at 0.17 and yearly moves at 0.74, as chlorine costs feed through slowly.

- **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.