Persistent low levels of capacity use in the manufacturing sector and low demand for locally manufactured goods are “worrying” trends taking place in spite of the prevailing Covid-19 restrictions that are limiting operations at industrial plants, says the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa). Data released by Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) on May 6 shows that manufacturing capacity use in South Africa was 74% in first quarter of this year, compared with 77.5% in first quarter of 2020.
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