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Paper and packaging and Water

Paper and packaging depends on water.

Paper and packaging (industry) and Water (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

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

4 of the enterprise types in Paper and packaging depend on water; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 4 enterprise types depend on it
  • 4 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Market pulp producers: cooking and washing (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Plantation and farm-forestry pulpwood growers: plantation growth (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Integrated virgin-fibre paper and paperboard mills: papermaking (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Recycled kraft, containerboard and duplex mills: pulping (criticality 2 of 5)

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