# Talc and Tankers, barges and fuel trucks

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/talc-and-tankers-barges-and-fuel-trucks/

[Talc](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/talc/) (commodity) and [Tankers, barges and fuel trucks](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_tankers/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: freight cost

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Much traded talc travels by sea from China, Pakistan and India, so freight adds to landed cost. The US proxy shows no link with deep-sea freight prices, monthly moves at -0.14 and yearly moves at 0.07, because it measures domestic producer prices.

- **-0.14** monthly change correlation
- **0.07** 12-month change correlation
- **0.99** fitted elasticity

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