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Building materials and Transport and logistics

Building materials buys from Transport and logistics; building materials depends on transport and logistics.

Building materials (industry) and Transport and logistics (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹14.2 per ₹100 · Building materials buys from Transport and logistics

Building materials buys goods or services from Transport and logistics; counted through every round of supply, ₹14.2 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹14.2 of every ₹100 of Building materials output, all rounds
  • ₹6.7 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Transport and logistics → Building materials

2 of the enterprise types in Building materials depend on transport and logistics.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Integrated cement producers and grinding units: rail and truck freight is a large share of delivered cost (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Dealers and building-material retailers: last-mile delivery (criticality 1 of 5)

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