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CNG, LPG and biogas distribution and Tankers, barges and fuel trucks

Their prices have moved together.

CNG, LPG and biogas distribution (energy) and Tankers, barges and fuel trucks (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: shipping

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

LPG travels in specialised gas carriers from the US Gulf and Middle East to Asia. The freight proxy shows almost no link to propane, with monthly moves at 0.10, because it covers deep sea freight broadly rather than gas carriers.

  • 0.10 monthly change correlation
  • 0.27 12-month change correlation
  • -0.26 fitted elasticity

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