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Apparel and footwear and Water and sanitation

Apparel and footwear buys from Water and sanitation; apparel and footwear depends on water and sanitation.

Apparel and footwear (industry) and Water and sanitation (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹0.9 per ₹100 · Apparel and footwear buys from Water and sanitation

Apparel and footwear buys goods or services from Water and sanitation; counted through every round of supply, ₹0.9 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹0.9 of every ₹100 of Apparel and footwear output, all rounds
  • ₹0.3 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 2 of 5 · Water and sanitation → Apparel and footwear

1 of the enterprise types in Apparel and footwear depend on water and sanitation.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Garment laundries, printers and embellishers: water supply and effluent (criticality 2 of 5)

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