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Rice and Wholesale and retail trade

Wholesale and retail trade depends on rice.

Rice (commodity) and Wholesale and retail trade (industry): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 2 of 5 · Rice → Wholesale and retail trade

3 of the enterprise types in Wholesale and retail trade depend on rice; for the most dependent, it rates 2 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 3 enterprise types depend on it
  • 2 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Cash-and-carry and B2B wholesale platforms: staple bulk lines (criticality 2 of 5)
  • Supermarket and hypermarket chains: staples (criticality 2 of 5)
  • Independent and franchised neighbourhood stores (kirana, convenience): loose staples (criticality 1 of 5)

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