# Potash and Tobacco

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/potash-and-tobacco/

[Potash](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/potash/) (commodity) and [Tobacco](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/tobacco/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: fertiliser cost

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Tobacco needs a lot of potassium for good leaf burn and quality, so potash is a key fertiliser. Prices do not follow it, with monthly moves correlated at 0.01, because leaf contracts and quality premiums set prices.

- **0.01** monthly change correlation
- **-0.15** 12-month change correlation
- **0.06** fitted elasticity

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