Question 40255 — raw materials

Summary

Mr. Yves Hemedinger alerts the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Recovery to the persistence and worsening of shortages of raw materials in several sectors of activity. Asia's strong economic recovery, the current health crisis but also increases in transport costs are behind a record surge in material prices and an unprecedented shortage. Steel, aluminum, zinc, copper, PVC, scrap metal, hardware, wood, polystyrene, plaster, synthetic materials and coatings are subject to price increases incomparable to those experienced each year by the various sectors of activity concerned (of the order of 2 to 7%). In addition to these price increases, it is supply disruptions that endanger many sectors of activity and businesses by contributing to an extension of delivery times of 6 to 8 weeks, or further cancellation of orders by suppliers unable to honor them. The companies concerned have been operating for many months in a context of extreme uncertainty, making it almost impossible to maintain their activities or their projects. The Government has already put in place certain measures such as asking public buyers of the State and local communities and public establishments not to apply penalties in the event of delays in delivery or execution of a public order, or even set up sector mediation between the different players in the sector. Although these are going in the right direction, they are not sufficient and do not provide a proportionate response to the crisis that French companies are going through. This crisis indeed calls for a systemic response, that of the relocation of centers of production of raw materials in France. This is why he wants to know if the Government will initiate a policy of relocating raw materials production centers to France.

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