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Semiconductors and Water and sanitation

Semiconductors buys from Water and sanitation; semiconductors depends on water and sanitation.

Semiconductors (industry) and Water and sanitation (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹0.8 per ₹100 · Semiconductors buys from Water and sanitation

Semiconductors buys goods or services from Water and sanitation; counted through every round of supply, ₹0.8 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹0.8 of every ₹100 of Semiconductors output, all rounds
  • ₹0.1 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 5 of 5 · Water and sanitation → Semiconductors

4 of the enterprise types in Semiconductors depend on water and sanitation.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Contract foundries: water supply and wastewater treatment (criticality 5 of 5)
  • Electronic chemical and specialty gas suppliers: process water for purification (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Integrated device makers and memory makers: water supply and effluent treatment (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Outsourced assembly and test (OSAT) firms: process water (criticality 3 of 5)

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