# Specialty amines and ethanolamines and Surfactants

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/specialty-amines-and-ethanolamines-and-surfactants/

[Specialty amines and ethanolamines](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/specialty_amines/) (chemical) and [Surfactants](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/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.