# Insecticides and Tobacco

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/insecticides-and-tobacco/

[Insecticides](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/insecticides/) (chemical) and [Tobacco](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/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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