# 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.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/transport-and-logistics-and-wholesale-and-retail-trade/

[Transport and logistics](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/transport_logistics/) (industry) and [Wholesale and retail trade](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/wholesale_retail/) (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.