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Ethylene and Monoethylene glycol

Their prices have moved together.

Ethylene (chemical) and Monoethylene glycol (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: feedstock

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Ethylene, through ethylene oxide, is the main cost outside China, and the Middle East exports glycol from cheap ethane. The petrochemical proxy moves with the basic organics proxy at 0.29 monthly and 0.64 yearly.

  • 0.29 monthly change correlation
  • 0.64 12-month change correlation
  • 0.07 fitted elasticity

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