# Ethylene and Vinyl chloride monomer

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ethylene-and-vinyl-chloride-monomer/

[Ethylene](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/ethylene/) (chemical) and [Vinyl chloride monomer](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/vcm/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: feedstock

*Cost and price · Strong · Both ways*

Ethylene and chlorine combine into ethylene dichloride, which is cracked into VCM. The petrochemical proxy moves with the basic organics proxy at 0.29 monthly and 0.64 yearly. Integrated producers make ethylene, chlorine, VCM and PVC on one site.

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

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