# Coconut oil and Fatty acids

Coconut oil is a raw material for fatty acids; their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coconut-oil-and-fatty-acids/

[Coconut oil](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/coconut/) (commodity) and [Fatty acids](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/fatty_acids/) (chemical): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Feedstock

*Physical flow · Direct · Coconut oil → Fatty acids*

Fatty acids is made from coconut oil: it is one of the raw materials its production routes start from.

### 2. Price link: feedstock cost

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Coconut oil supplies the lauric (C12) cuts used in soaps and cosmetics, so a poor copra harvest raises those grades. The link shows weakly in the US index, with yearly moves correlating at 0.28, since the index blends many cuts and feedstocks.

- **0.05** monthly change correlation
- **0.28** 12-month change correlation
- **0.51** fitted elasticity

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