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Transport and logistics and Wholesale and retail trade

Wholesale and retail trade buys from Transport and logistics; wholesale and retail trade depends on transport and logistics.

Transport and logistics (industry) and Wholesale and retail trade (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹4.9 per ₹100 · Wholesale and retail trade buys from Transport and logistics

Wholesale and retail trade buys goods or services from Transport and logistics; counted through every round of supply, ₹4.9 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹4.9 of every ₹100 of Wholesale and retail trade output, all rounds
  • ₹3.1 bought directly

2. Industry input

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

4 of the enterprise types in Wholesale and retail trade depend on transport and logistics.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Retail warehouse and fulfilment operators (3PL): linehaul and last-mile trucking (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Cold-chain storage and reefer transport operators: reefer trucking (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Sourcing agents, importers and private-label contract buyers: import freight (criticality 2 of 5)
  • Distributors, stockists and carrying-and-forwarding agents: trucking and warehousing (criticality 2 of 5)

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