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Energy in farming and Oranges & juice

Their prices have moved together.

Energy in farming (energy) and Oranges & juice (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: energy cost

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Packing, cold storage and refrigerated shipping of fresh oranges and juice use a lot of energy. The diesel proxy correlates with orange prices at only 0.09 for both monthly and yearly moves, as harvests and fruit demand dominate.

  • 0.09 monthly change correlation
  • 0.09 12-month change correlation
  • 0.36 fitted elasticity

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