Semiconductors, iron, wood, steel, cardboard… this summer, everything was missing.
Production lines have stopped, construction sites are behind schedule.
The French who wanted to buy a bicycle could not all find one!
In July, industrial companies felt that demand for the past three months had intensified, but more and more of them were
"experiencing supply difficulties preventing them from increasing their production as they would like"
, indicates a recent survey by INSEE.
As a result, the proportion of companies facing a shortage situation reached
"a level unheard of since the end of 2000"
.
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The capital goods industry and the automotive industry are the most affected.
In question, the difficulties of supplying components (in particular electronic) of China and the United States, which had already reached a historic level in June and continued this summer to increase.
As proof, the Toyota plant in Valenciennes, which was to reopen on Monday 23rd, will remain closed for some time yet ...
Chisel effect
Given their well-stocked order books for the coming months, fewer and fewer manufacturers consider their production capacity sufficient.
Production bottlenecks are increasingly important: 40% of industrialists report
"a significant increase compared to the previous quarter and well above its average"
, insists INSEE.
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"This is a subject that always worries us
,
"
we recognize at Bercy, where we regularly meet with representatives of the sectors most affected by this supply crisis. Which lead to increasing delivery times (we see it in the automobile) and price increases. The fact remains that the State does not really have the levers in the face of these shortages ... To counter this jaws effect, as Bruno Le Maire has named it, it is trying to limit its impact on SMEs. In June, the Minister of the Economy called for solidarity in the sectors. And a circular, addressed to all buyers of the State, asking them not to apply penalties in the event of delay in the delivery of public contracts due to the shortage of raw materials.
