The CAME report also indicated that the companies surveyed said they faced problems with imports due to restrictions to enter parts, parts and supplies, on the one hand, and greater obstacles to obtain foreign exchange to make payments.
Another issue that began to impact the sector is the logistics problems with maritime transport, due to the increase in prices by shipping companies due to the lack of containers worldwide.
The report of the SME entity detailed that in September the activity reflected a fall of 0.7% compared to August, explained essentially by the drop of 12.8% that marked the clothing and textile sector. Compared to September 2020, on the other hand, the production of industrial SMEs grew 21.6%, with the highest variation rates in Footwear and leather goods (+ 38.6%) and Transport material and its parts (+ 35.6%).
Meanwhile, compared to September 2019, in the pre-ndemic, production showed a growth of 13.2%, with nine sectors that produced more and 2 that were below the mark of two years ago. The greatest increase was in Electrical and computer machinery and equipment (+ 26.3%), while Footwear and leather goods continued to be the one with the worst performance, although the gap narrowed to -12.3%.
Regarding profitability, the percentage of companies with negative profitability went from 9% in August to 10.1% in September (in July it had been 38%). But 62.3% declared having positive profitability (monthly increase of 2.3 points) and 27.2%, null. The remaining 10.5% negative or null.
They were also consulted about the general situation of the company and the proportion of industries that declared that their situation is bad or critical reached 6%, 35% rated it as fair and 58% as good.
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