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Specialty amines and ethanolamines and Surfactants

Their prices have moved together.

Specialty amines and ethanolamines (chemical) and Surfactants (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: end use

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Ethanolamines and fatty amines go into detergents, personal care products, fabric softeners and agrochemical formulations. The surfactants index correlates at 0.29 monthly and 0.70 yearly, reflecting shared petrochemical costs and demand.

  • 0.29 monthly change correlation
  • 0.70 12-month change correlation
  • 0.49 fitted elasticity

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