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Software and IT services and Wholesale and retail trade

Wholesale and retail trade buys from Software and IT services; wholesale and retail trade depends on software and IT services.

Software and IT services (industry) and Wholesale and retail trade (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹1.1 per ₹100 · Wholesale and retail trade buys from Software and IT services

Wholesale and retail trade buys goods or services from Software and IT services; counted through every round of supply, ₹1.1 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹1.1 of every ₹100 of Wholesale and retail trade output, all rounds
  • ₹0.6 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Software and IT services → Wholesale and retail trade

1 of the enterprise types in Wholesale and retail trade depend on software and IT services.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Retail technology vendors (POS, ERP, store systems): retail software (criticality 3 of 5)

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