A survey by the National Association of Industry Supply Chain Automotive Industry (ANFIA) on the impacts on industry in Italy of the crisis in the Red Sea, where transits of ships in the region have been drastically reduced by the attacks on maritime traffic carried out in recent months by the Houthi militiamen, points out that 84% of companies in the sector have impacted by the crisis. The survey looked at a sample of about 70 companies, of which 23.4% are active in the sector of automotive manufacturing, 71.9% in components, 3.1% in aftermarket components and .1.6% in business of set-up.

By analysing the type of impact felt by companies in the automotive sector, the survey explains that 34.9% reported a lengthening of delivery times, 31.6% an increase in cost of freight rates, 16.4% complain of difficulties in procurement of raw materials and components and 11.8% difficulty in production planning.

Among the measures and measures that companies are taking In order to cope with the crisis, the use of alternative transport (35.4%), the creation of stocks of security (33.3%), the use of alternative suppliers (20.2%), example in Europe and Italy, and the lengthening of the delivery (4.0%).

35.9% of the companies surveyed believe that there are no prerequisites for a wave of supply chain disruptions, 32.8% are unable to make predictions and 31.3% believes that there will be disruptions.