Cotton and Polyester fibre

Their prices have moved together.

Cotton (commodity) and Polyester fibre (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: substitute fibre

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Polyester is the main rival to cotton in clothing, and mills shift blends when the price gap widens. The polyester index follows oil more than cotton: monthly moves correlate at 0.07, yearly moves at 0.35.

• 0.07 monthly change correlation
• 0.35 12-month change correlation
• 0.50 fitted elasticity

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