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Fishmeal & shrimp and Pork

Their prices have moved together.

Fishmeal & shrimp (commodity) and Pork (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: feed demand

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Pig feed is a big buyer of fishmeal, especially for young piglets in China. The data shows no direct link: monthly moves correlate at 0.07 and yearly moves at 0.00, as fishmeal supply is ruled by catches.

  • 0.07 monthly change correlation
  • -0.00 12-month change correlation
  • 0.45 fitted elasticity

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