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Nitric acid and Urea

Their prices have moved together.

Nitric acid (chemical) and Urea (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: competing nitrogen product

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Urea and nitric acid products like ammonium nitrate are rival nitrogen fertilisers made from the same ammonia. Prices move together over a year: monthly moves correlate at 0.27 and yearly moves at 0.82.

  • 0.27 monthly change correlation
  • 0.82 12-month change correlation
  • 0.61 fitted elasticity

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