Η Covid-19 pandemic affecting the planet from January 2020 to the present day, has had an impact mainly negatively all sectors of the world's economies, which is also seen in one of the main spare parts.
The causes
The wake of this health crisis were created by the prolonged prohibited, which imposed governments of most countries, and the reductions on the production lines of spare parts for a long time mainly in Far Eastern countries.
Shortcomings
Η reduced supply of raw materials for the manufacture of spare parts from the main supplier, the China, and other Asian countries, as well as the increase of freight charges due to the observed lack of containers, with which the spare parts are transported, which was created after the multi-day thriller of EverGiven in the Suez Canal and chaos in Chinese ports Yantian, Shekou and Nansha, have brought about a noticeable now delay (1-3 months) in the delivery of after market spare parts to the final consumer.
Τat the same time, this delay is also evident in European traditions spare parts, but also vehicles, due to supply of the most basic materials from Asian countries which causes European manufacturing companies a cachectic dependence from frequent crises affecting Asian countries.
The lack of containers from the end of 2020 is the most characteristic precursor of today's reduced material receipts, a fact which launched the prices of products, such as spare parts, from 2% to 10% with an average constant price increase of approx 4,5-5%, according to sources in the field of Spare Parts.
This new reality that we are experiencing seems to follow us for several months into 2022, while a normalization of the data in the area of the spare parts market will not resemble anything like the data before Covid-19. However, the optimal planning of the maintenance of your vehicles can prevent an unexpected situation for you which, with the burdened state of supplies, can create delays in your work.
