# Energy-intensive industry and PVC

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/energy-intensive-industry-and-pvc/

[Energy-intensive industry](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_heavy_industry/) (energy) and [PVC](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/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.