Insecticides and Tobacco

Their prices have moved together.

Insecticides (chemical) and Tobacco (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: crop protection

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Tobacco needs regular pest control, so insecticides are a growing cost. The US index shows no tie with leaf prices: monthly moves correlate at minus 0.02 and yearly moves at minus 0.13.

• -0.02 monthly change correlation
• -0.13 12-month change correlation
• 0.76 fitted elasticity

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