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Measuring the Size of the Renewable Resource Sector: The Case of Chile

Table 7. Major backward linkages (HA), 2008

9
26
1
8
48
2
18
76
25
82
92
67
39
45
94
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Activity
Support activities for agriculture and
livestock
Preparation of feed
Annual crops (cereals, etc.) and forage
Raising of other animals
Pharmaceutical manufacturing
Growing of vegetables and nursery
products
Other mining and quarrying
Retail
Manufacture of grain mill products
Freight transport by road
Financial intermediation
Electricity distribution
Sawmilling and planing of wood
Fuel production
Financ ial auxiliaries
Manufacture of rubber products

Corresponding to component of equation (3)

Total
backward%
38.3

B1%
41.1

B2% B3%
100
93.3

47.9
29.2
12.1
12.3
31.1

84.8
69.1
95.9
81.8
80.9

74.6
56.9
70.8
51.9
18.3

30.3
11.5
8.2
5.2
4.6

5.8
5.6
5.1
3.1
4.8
4.6
3.4
4.7
1.8
12.3

90.9
97.9
95.2
100
100
100
99.2
44.8
100
20.5

77.9
69.4
67.8
93.7
55.7
57.7
43.3
60.7
60.8
37.8

4.1
3.8
3.3
2.9
2.7
2.7
1.5
1.3
1.1
1.0

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Note: The activities listed sell inputs to agriculture (excluding forestry). Agriculture does not correspond to
an additional chain, as it includes transactions within the sector and then longer counted in GDP sector. It is
presented for comparison purposes only. This matrix transaction flows primarily represent sales to
commercial agriculture, and that family farming—especially cattle—largely self-sufficient in input; but
would not be the case with fertilizers, chemicals, and fuels.

(unprocessed grains in the production
of poultry and pigs). It is important to
emphasize that poultry and pigs are
exported even if a significant proportion
of feed used in production is imported.
Table 7 presents the main backward
linkages of primary agriculture. Note that
the activities listed in this table sell inputs
to the agricultural sector (excluding

internal sales within agriculture and
forestry). Three sectors are notable for
depending on sales to primary agriculture:
animal food processing (48%), the
manufacture of pharmaceuticals (12%),
and the manufacture of rubber products
(12%). But overall, agriculture does not
represent a significant proportion of sales
of intermediate inputs from other sectors.

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