Shortages are now contaminating the entire German industrial sector. A survey conducted by the economic research institute IFO bears witness to this: almost two-thirds of companies complain of difficulties in the supply of parts or raw materials. This quarterly index jumped from April to July from 45% to 63.8%. The record of concern (84.4%) affects manufacturers of electrical equipment, in chronic shortage of semiconductors. Intermediate products such as wood and metal are very rare on the market.
“Supply difficulties obviously linked to the disorganization of delivery chains caused by the pandemic. The extraction of cobalt and nickel suffered, for example, from the harshness of the confinements in South America ”,
adds Matthias Diermeier, from the German Economic Institute (IW).
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Rare and therefore expensive products: + 30% on average for wood over one year, + 100% for metal.
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