Methanol and Small-molecule APIs

Their prices have moved together.

Methanol (chemical) and Small-molecule APIs (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: solvent cost

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

API synthesis uses large volumes of solvents such as methanol, acetone and toluene, often recovered and reused. Against the organic chemicals proxy, monthly moves correlate at -0.01 and yearly at 0.15, as solvents are a modest cost.

• -0.01 monthly change correlation
• 0.15 12-month change correlation
• 0.44 fitted elasticity

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