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Building materials and Paper and packaging

Building materials buys from Paper and packaging; building materials depends on paper and packaging.

Building materials (industry) and Paper and packaging (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹1.9 per ₹100 · Building materials buys from Paper and packaging

Building materials buys goods or services from Paper and packaging; counted through every round of supply, ₹1.9 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹1.9 of every ₹100 of Building materials output, all rounds
  • ₹0.9 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Paper and packaging → Building materials

2 of the enterprise types in Building materials depend on paper and packaging.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Integrated cement producers and grinding units: cement bags (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Gypsum board, insulation and roofing makers: board facing paper (criticality 3 of 5)

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