# Rubber chemicals and Styrene-butadiene rubber

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/rubber-chemicals-and-styrene-butadiene-rubber/

[Rubber chemicals](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/rubber_chemicals/) (chemical) and [Styrene-butadiene rubber](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/sbr/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: main customer

*Cost and price · Strong · Both ways*

Synthetic rubber and rubber chemicals share tyre demand and petrochemical feedstocks. The synthetic rubber index correlates with the proxy at 0.41 for monthly moves and 0.73 for yearly moves, a stronger link than natural rubber.

- **0.41** monthly change correlation
- **0.73** 12-month change correlation
- **0.89** fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.