# Sugar and Tea

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/sugar-and-tea/

[Sugar](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/sugar/) (commodity) and [Tea](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/tea/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: complementary product

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Much tea, especially in India, is drunk with sugar, but this does not tie the prices. Monthly moves correlate at 0.18 and yearly moves at 0.18, a weak link probably reflecting general commodity cycles.

- **0.18** monthly change correlation
- **0.18** 12-month change correlation
- **0.26** fitted elasticity

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