Chlorine and PVC

Their prices have moved together.

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

How they are linked

1. Price link: main use

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

PVC is the largest chlorine use, so construction demand for pipes and window frames drives chlorine output. 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

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