expected drop in exports of up to 20%. Fears for 4 out of 10 companies
The conflict ongoing between Russia and Ukraine and the surge in energy costs weigh on future of Romagna companies. This is what emerges from a survey conducted by the Confindustria Romagna study center according to which for four out of ten companies the foreign turnover will drop by up to 20% in the next six months, due to the military invasion of Ukraine and subsequent operations taken against of Russia which add to the rise in energy and transport costs, which are expected to rise further. “The first thought is of the humanitarian emergency, of the victims and refugees of this inhuman war – observes the president of the Romagna industrialists, Roberto Bozzi – goes to take every possible measure against the attempt to trample the sovereignty of peoples with violence.
Confindustria immediately accepted the CISL proposal of a bottom to concretely support the Ukrainian population. The system of sanctions – he adds looking at the economic implications – is generating difficulties in exchanges and commercial relations and the escalation of the events of the last few days will have a heavy impact on and logistics. “Not surprisingly, it emerges from the analysis carried out by the study center, the 38.1% of the companies surveyed expect a drop of up to 20% in export turnover in the medium term and when asked what consequences are most feared for the activity, the companies indicated the increases in energy costs (63.5%) , transport costs (50.8%) and the erosion of profit margins (47.6%).
In the former nine months of 2021 according to Istat data from the territorial Chambers of Commerce, in the province of Forlì-Cesena, exports to Russia and Ukraine amount to 76 million while the eligible 6 million share 12, million. In the same period, in province of Rimini exports to Russia and Ukraine amount to 85.3 million while the eligible. 1.8 million share In the province of Ravenna, finally, exports to Russia and Ukraine amounted to 79.3 million while exports from the port port were 336.4 million for port port activities.