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Embodied energy trade and Energy-intensive industry

Energy flows from energy-intensive industry to embodied energy trade.

Embodied energy trade (energy) and Energy-intensive industry (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Energy flow

Physical flow · 20% of flow · Energy-intensive industry → Embodied energy trade

Steel, aluminium and ammonia carry energy into world trade.

  • 20% of Energy-intensive industry's energy goes this way

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