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Plastic and rubber products and Water and sanitation

Water and sanitation buys from Plastic and rubber products; water and sanitation depends on plastic and rubber products.

Plastic and rubber products (industry) and Water and sanitation (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹2.2 per ₹100 · Water and sanitation buys from Plastic and rubber products

Water and sanitation buys goods or services from Plastic and rubber products; counted through every round of supply, ₹2.2 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹2.2 of every ₹100 of Water and sanitation output, all rounds
  • ₹1.1 bought directly

2. Industry input

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

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

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Membrane and treatment-technology suppliers: pressure vessels and housings (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Pipe manufacturers (ductile iron, steel, PVC and HDPE): plastic pipe and rubber gaskets (criticality 3 of 5)

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