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Steel and Wholesale and retail trade

Wholesale and retail trade depends on steel.

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

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Steel → Wholesale and retail trade

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

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

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Retail warehouse and fulfilment operators (3PL): racking and sheds (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Mall owners and retail real-estate developers: structure (criticality 3 of 5)

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