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Paper and packaging and Wholesale and retail trade

Paper and packaging buys from Wholesale and retail trade; wholesale and retail trade buys from Paper and packaging; paper and packaging depends on wholesale and retail trade; wholesale and retail trade depends on paper and packaging.

Paper and packaging (industry) and Wholesale and retail trade (industry): 4 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹15.1 per ₹100 · Paper and packaging buys from Wholesale and retail trade

Paper and packaging buys goods or services from Wholesale and retail trade; counted through every round of supply, ₹15.1 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹15.1 of every ₹100 of Paper and packaging output, all rounds
  • ₹7.2 bought directly

2. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹0.7 per ₹100 · Wholesale and retail trade buys from Paper and packaging

Wholesale and retail trade buys goods or services from Paper and packaging; counted through every round of supply, ₹0.7 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹0.7 of every ₹100 of Wholesale and retail trade output, all rounds
  • ₹0.4 bought directly

3. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 1 of 5 · Wholesale and retail trade → Paper and packaging

1 of the enterprise types in Paper and packaging depend on wholesale and retail trade.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Paper merchants and packaging distributors: trade channel (criticality 1 of 5)

4. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Paper and packaging → Wholesale and retail trade

2 of the enterprise types in Wholesale and retail trade depend on paper and packaging.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Retail warehouse and fulfilment operators (3PL): cartons and corrugated boxes (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Supermarket and hypermarket chains: cartons and bags (criticality 2 of 5)

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