Journal of Economic Structures

The Official Journal of the Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS)

Table 4 Differences in intermediate import ratios in the chemical and metal industries

From: The usefulness of extended input–output tables incorporating firm heterogeneity

	2011		2015
Industry	Paid-in capital ≥ 1 billion yen	Paid-in capital ≥ 300 million yen	Paid-in capital ≥ 1 billion yen	Paid-in capital ≥ 300 million yen
Chemicals	0.214	0.196	0.206	0.191
Petrochemical products	0.335	0.314	0.397	0.344
Nonpetrochemical products	0.058	0.048	0.023	0.024
Chemical products	0.031	0.032	− 0.027	− 0.029
Rubber products	0.126	0.084	0.088	0.072
Ceramic products	0.044	0.038	0.062	0.054
Metal	0.153	0.141	0.098	0.078
Pig iron	0.269	0.26	0.19	0.188
Forged products	− 0.012	− 0.013	− 0.006	− 0.004
Nonferrous products	0.044	0.061	0.048	0.018
Nonferrous processing	0.004	0.006	− 0.009	− 0.05
Other metal	− 0.01	− 0.012	0.003	− 0.006

Source: authors’ calculations based on firm-level data of the Basic Survey of Japanese Business Structure and Activities, METI

Back to article page