# Plasticisers and Soybeans

Their prices have moved together.

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

[Plasticisers](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/plasticisers/) (chemical) and [Soybeans](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/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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