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Plastic and rubber products and Telecommunications

Telecommunications buys from Plastic and rubber products; telecommunications depends on plastic and rubber products.

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

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹1 per ₹100 · Telecommunications buys from Plastic and rubber products

Telecommunications buys goods or services from Plastic and rubber products; counted through every round of supply, ₹1 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹1 of every ₹100 of Telecommunications output, all rounds
  • ₹0.2 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Plastic and rubber products → Telecommunications

1 of the enterprise types in Telecommunications depend on plastic and rubber products.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Optical fibre and cable makers: jackets and ducts (criticality 3 of 5)

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