Energy-intensive industry and PVC

Their prices have moved together.

Energy-intensive industry (energy) and PVC (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: power cost

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Chlor-alkali cells and carbide furnaces use large amounts of electricity. The US industrial power index does not move with the resin proxy, -0.01 monthly, because power is bought on long contracts.

• -0.01 monthly change correlation
• 0.22 12-month change correlation
• 0.57 fitted elasticity

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