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Pharmaceuticals and Plastic and rubber products

Pharmaceuticals buys from Plastic and rubber products; pharmaceuticals depends on plastic and rubber products.

Pharmaceuticals (industry) and Plastic and rubber products (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹5.1 per ₹100 · Pharmaceuticals buys from Plastic and rubber products

Pharmaceuticals buys goods or services from Plastic and rubber products; counted through every round of supply, ₹5.1 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹5.1 of every ₹100 of Pharmaceuticals output, all rounds
  • ₹2.8 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Plastic and rubber products → Pharmaceuticals

2 of the enterprise types in Pharmaceuticals depend on plastic and rubber products.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Biologics and vaccine manufacturers: single-use systems (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Primary pharma packaging makers: stoppers and films (criticality 4 of 5)

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