Propylene and Propylene oxide

Their prices have moved together.

Propylene (chemical) and Propylene oxide (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: product

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Propylene oxide, made by oxidising propylene, becomes polyols for polyurethane foam. Its cost rises with propylene, but the basic organics proxy moves with the petrochemical proxy at only 0.29 monthly and 0.64 yearly, so margins absorb much of the swing.

• 0.29 monthly change correlation
• 0.64 12-month change correlation
• 0.17 fitted elasticity

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