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For the energy-intensive industry, a production standstill is partly less of a loss. (Image: Die Papierindustrie eV)
Berlin (energate) - Many industrial companies have not yet stocked up sufficiently on gas for the current year. One in six companies is cutting back on production or planning to do so because of the high energy prices. This is the result of a DIHK survey of around 3,500 companies from various sectors and regions throughout Germany.
According to the survey, only half of the industrial companies have covered their gas requirements through corresponding contracts. More than a third still have to purchase more than 30 per cent of their annual demand for 2022. This corresponds to a projected volume of up to 50 billion kWh of gas, it said. "Due to the current situation on the energy markets, this results in a considerable cost and supply risk for businesses in the coming months," DIHK President Peter Adrian said. Often, companies would not be able to pass on the resulting additional costs to their customers.
According to the survey, eight per cent of industrial companies are already scaling back their production due to the high energy prices or are at least partially abandoning business areas. Another eight per cent are planning this step. In the energy-intensive industry, as many as 32 per cent were planning or already implementing cuts in production. /sd
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