# Herbicides and Phosphate rock

Phosphate rock is a raw material for herbicides; their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/herbicides-and-phosphate-rock/

[Herbicides](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/herbicides/) (chemical) and [Phosphate rock](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/phosphate/) (commodity): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Feedstock

*Physical flow · Direct · Phosphate rock → Herbicides*

Herbicides is made from phosphate rock: it is one of the raw materials its production routes start from.

### 2. Price link: glyphosate input

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Glyphosate contains phosphorus, made from phosphate rock via energy-hungry yellow phosphorus. Against the pesticides proxy, monthly moves correlate at 0.17, yearly moves at 0.52 and 0.30 over the last five years.

- **0.17** monthly change correlation
- **0.52** 12-month change correlation
- **0.15** fitted elasticity

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