# Cotton and Insecticides

Their prices have moved together.

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

[Cotton](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cotton/) (commodity) and [Insecticides](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/insecticides/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: crop demand

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Cotton is one of the heaviest insecticide users, especially against bollworm and sucking pests in India. Monthly moves correlate at 0.15, and at 0.38 over the last five years, the strongest crop link in this set.

- **0.15** monthly change correlation
- **0.09** 12-month change correlation
- **0.20** fitted elasticity

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