Ethylene and High-density polyethylene

Their prices have moved together.

Ethylene (chemical) and High-density polyethylene (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: feedstock

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Ethylene is almost all of the raw material, so HDPE is priced as a margin over it. The petrochemical proxy moves with the resin proxy at 0.71 monthly and 0.89 yearly, and closely over the last five years.

• 0.71 monthly change correlation
• 0.89 12-month change correlation
• 0.17 fitted elasticity

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