By 2025, greater demand and greater traction of the energy sector are expected in input orders. Even so, they worry the costs in dollars and unfair competition.
The Steel production suffered a strong fall in Decemberby maintenance stops and stock settings in a depressed demand context. Thus, In 2024 the steel spider collapsed 26%.
The Argentine Steel Chamber (CAA) This Thursday reported a production of 256,300 tons of raw steel in the last month of the year, 24.3% less than the previous month and 23.1% below the December 2023. The manufacture of hot laminates had a drop of 31.4% intermensual and 13.1% year -on -year.
Despite the lean numbers last year, By 2025 an increase is projected, with favorable expectations in activities related to the energy sector. Even so, concerns persist in the structural issues that affect competitiveness for the aggregation of value in the sider-metallurgical chain.
Among them, the great weight of the distortive taxes as gross income and municipal fees that continue to increase, in addition to debits and bank loans. To this is added the Increased local costs in dollars and the unfair competition of products from all over the chain from economies that are not market, the camera said.
For this year a greater demand is expectedalthough below the levels reached in the year 2023. In that framework, from the sector they noted that they continue to invest in renewable energies as part of their commitment to the decarbonization of the production processes.
All the items of metallurgy suffered in 2024
The Department of Economic Studies of the Association of Metallurgical Industrialists of the Argentine Republic (Adimra) reported that Metallurgical activity fell 12.1% in the last year.
“All items closed 2024 with production falls with respect to 2023. Agricultural machinery (-6.4%) and bodies and trailers (-7.6%) are the two that fallen recorded, followed by auto parts manufacturers (-11.7%) and electrical equipment and devices (-11, 8%) Although these last two are close to the general average, ”said the report.
The sector of Foundry (-17.7%) and other metal products (-14%) that were the most affected During the year, followed by the capital of capital (-13.0%) and medical equipment (12.8%).
Source: Ambito
