# Paraxylene and Plasticisers

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/paraxylene-and-plasticisers/

[Paraxylene](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/paraxylene/) (chemical) and [Plasticisers](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/plasticisers/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: acid feed

*Cost and price · Strong · Both ways*

DOTP is made from terephthalic acid, which comes from paraxylene, and orthophthalates from ortho-xylene, a sibling stream. Paraxylene shares the petrochemical index proxy with propylene, so its figures match: 0.29 monthly and 0.64 yearly.

- **0.29** monthly change correlation
- **0.64** 12-month change correlation
- **0.07** fitted elasticity

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