# Natural rubber and Polybutadiene rubber

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/natural-rubber-and-polybutadiene-rubber/

[Natural rubber](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rubber/) (commodity) and [Polybutadiene rubber](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/polybutadiene/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: substitute

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Natural rubber competes with polybutadiene in tyre sidewalls and treads. TSR20 moves with the proxy at only 0.11 monthly and 0.46 yearly, since natural rubber follows Asian weather and smallholder supply.

- **0.11** monthly change correlation
- **0.46** 12-month change correlation
- **0.13** fitted elasticity

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