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Copper and Wholesale and retail trade

Wholesale and retail trade depends on copper.

Copper (commodity) and Wholesale and retail trade (industry): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

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

2 of the enterprise types in Wholesale and retail trade depend on copper; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 2 enterprise types depend on it
  • 3 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Retail technology vendors (POS, ERP, store systems): store networking and hardware (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Specialty fashion and electronics chains: electronics (criticality 2 of 5)

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