Polybutadiene rubber and Polystyrene and EPS

Their prices have moved together.

Polybutadiene rubber (chemical) and Polystyrene and EPS (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: additive

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

High-impact polystyrene contains polybutadiene rubber for toughness, so rubber costs matter for that grade. The synthetic rubber proxy moves with the resin proxy at 0.38 monthly and 0.60 yearly. General-purpose grades contain none.

• 0.38 monthly change correlation
• 0.60 12-month change correlation
• 0.66 fitted elasticity

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