Hydrochloric acid and Vinyl chloride monomer

Their prices have moved together.

Hydrochloric acid (chemical) and Vinyl chloride monomer (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: by-product source

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Vinyl chloride plants produce hydrochloric acid as a by-product and also reuse it, so PVC chain output sets acid supply. The VCM proxy is a broad organics index; monthly moves correlate at 0.25 and yearly moves at 0.64.

• 0.25 monthly change correlation
• 0.64 12-month change correlation
• 1.05 fitted elasticity

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