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Crude oil and Food and beverage processing

Food and beverage processing depends on crude oil.

Crude oil (energy) and Food and beverage processing (industry): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Crude oil → Food and beverage processing

3 of the enterprise types in Food and beverage processing depend on crude oil; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

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

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Agricultural commodity traders and aggregators: bunker and diesel fuel (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Cold-chain warehousing and transport operators: diesel for reefers (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Farmers, dairy co-operatives and fisheries: diesel for farm machinery (criticality 3 of 5)

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