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Metal products and Water and sanitation

Water and sanitation buys from Metal products; water and sanitation depends on metal products.

Metal products (industry) and Water and sanitation (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹1.5 per ₹100 · Water and sanitation buys from Metal products

Water and sanitation buys goods or services from Metal products; counted through every round of supply, ₹1.5 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹1.5 of every ₹100 of Water and sanitation output, all rounds
  • ₹0.5 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Metal products → Water and sanitation

1 of the enterprise types in Water and sanitation depend on metal products.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Pipe manufacturers (ductile iron, steel, PVC and HDPE): fittings, valve bodies and steel sections (criticality 3 of 5)

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