# Tea and Urea

Their prices have moved together.

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

[Tea](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/tea/) (commodity) and [Urea](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/urea/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: fertiliser cost

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Tea bushes need heavy nitrogen fertiliser, so urea is a key estate cost, and costly fertiliser lowers yields when estates cut back. The auction price barely shows it: monthly moves correlate at 0.14 and yearly moves at 0.19.

- **0.14** monthly change correlation
- **0.19** 12-month change correlation
- **0.09** fitted elasticity

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