Plasticisers and Soybeans

Their prices have moved together.

Plasticisers (chemical) and Soybeans (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: bio-based option

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Epoxidised soybean oil is a bio-based plasticiser and PVC stabiliser that competes with phthalates. The link is weaker: monthly moves correlate at 0.14, yearly at 0.48 and -0.04 over the last five years, with soybeans leading by about 3 months.

• 0.14 monthly change correlation
• 0.48 12-month change correlation
• 0.45 fitted elasticity

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