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Paper and packaging and Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceuticals buys from Paper and packaging; pharmaceuticals depends on paper and packaging.

Paper and packaging (industry) and Pharmaceuticals (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹4.1 per ₹100 · Pharmaceuticals buys from Paper and packaging

Pharmaceuticals buys goods or services from Paper and packaging; counted through every round of supply, ₹4.1 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹4.1 of every ₹100 of Pharmaceuticals output, all rounds
  • ₹1.9 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Paper and packaging → Pharmaceuticals

2 of the enterprise types in Pharmaceuticals depend on paper and packaging.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Primary pharma packaging makers: secondary packs (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Finished-dose formulators (branded and generic): cartons and leaflets (criticality 3 of 5)

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