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Apparel and footwear and Wholesale and retail trade

Apparel and footwear buys from Wholesale and retail trade; wholesale and retail trade buys from Apparel and footwear; apparel and footwear depends on wholesale and retail trade; wholesale and retail trade depends on apparel and footwear.

Apparel and footwear (industry) and Wholesale and retail trade (industry): 4 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹17.8 per ₹100 · Apparel and footwear buys from Wholesale and retail trade

Apparel and footwear buys goods or services from Wholesale and retail trade; counted through every round of supply, ₹17.8 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹17.8 of every ₹100 of Apparel and footwear output, all rounds
  • ₹9.1 bought directly

2. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹0.3 per ₹100 · Wholesale and retail trade buys from Apparel and footwear

Wholesale and retail trade buys goods or services from Apparel and footwear; counted through every round of supply, ₹0.3 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹0.3 of every ₹100 of Wholesale and retail trade output, all rounds
  • ₹0.1 bought directly

3. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 2 of 5 · Wholesale and retail trade → Apparel and footwear

1 of the enterprise types in Apparel and footwear depend on wholesale and retail trade.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Fashion and footwear retailers and marketplaces: store networks (criticality 2 of 5)

4. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Apparel and footwear → Wholesale and retail trade

3 of the enterprise types in Wholesale and retail trade depend on apparel and footwear.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Branded consumer-goods manufacturers: clothing and footwear (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Sourcing agents, importers and private-label contract buyers: contract garment makers (criticality 2 of 5)
  • Specialty fashion and electronics chains: clothing and footwear (criticality 2 of 5)

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