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Medical devices and Plastic and rubber products

Medical devices buys from Plastic and rubber products; medical devices depends on plastic and rubber products.

Medical devices (industry) and Plastic and rubber products (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹4.9 per ₹100 · Medical devices buys from Plastic and rubber products

Medical devices buys goods or services from Plastic and rubber products; counted through every round of supply, ₹4.9 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹4.9 of every ₹100 of Medical devices output, all rounds
  • ₹3 bought directly

2. Industry input

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

1 of the enterprise types in Medical devices depend on plastic and rubber products.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Medical-grade polymer and component suppliers: polymer processing and moulding (criticality 3 of 5)

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