# Dyes and Polyester fibre

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/dyes-and-polyester-fibre/

[Dyes](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/dyes/) (chemical) and [Polyester fibre](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/polyester_fibre/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: main end use

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Disperse dyes colour polyester, the largest textile fibre, so polyester output drives dye demand. The polyester index correlates with dyes at 0.10 monthly and 0.49 yearly, the shared textile cycle showing only over longer periods.

- **0.10** monthly change correlation
- **0.49** 12-month change correlation
- **0.68** fitted elasticity

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