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Furniture and Plastic and rubber products

Furniture buys from Plastic and rubber products; furniture depends on plastic and rubber products.

Furniture (industry) and Plastic and rubber products (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹5.2 per ₹100 · Furniture buys from Plastic and rubber products

Furniture buys goods or services from Plastic and rubber products; counted through every round of supply, ₹5.2 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹5.2 of every ₹100 of Furniture output, all rounds
  • ₹3.5 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Plastic and rubber products → Furniture

4 of the enterprise types in Furniture depend on plastic and rubber products.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Foam, fabric and leather upholstery suppliers: foams (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Coatings, laminate and adhesive suppliers: edge bands and films (criticality 2 of 5)
  • Upholstered furniture and mattress makers: foam blocks (criticality 2 of 5)
  • Office and contract furniture makers: moulded parts (criticality 2 of 5)

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