SMEs, hit by 30 billion if the war lasts until December

They will bear the brunt of the crisis. They are the Pmi: from laundries to beauty centres, from mechatronics to road haulage, from ceramic processing to glassworks, from stone processing to leather processing. For 300 thousand small businesseswhich employ over 1.5 million employeesi energy costs are at risk of getting out of control. They are those businesses for which the voice energy has a high incidence on total costs, from 12 to 40%: they do not consume high consumption amount of energy but they are those more vulnerable to the increases of bills and fuel.

If the current prices of oil and gas will last until May the business system will have to bear an increase in energy costs of approx 6 billion on an annual basis compared to 2025. If the crisis in the Gulf will extend until December blow for businesses it would be around 30 billion more than last year, according to estimates made by Cna.

The dye-laundries, the most sensitive

As in crisis of 2022explains the Cnathe dye-laundries they are the more sensitive ai bill increases. The impact on total costs last year was 35%with a average expenditure of 17 thousand euros the year and the outlook for the 14 thousand businesses of the sector to get to 22mila euro.

Beauty centers and high energy intensity

Among them energy-intensive activities i too beauty centers for which the incidence of bills oscillates between 23 and 32% depending on technologies used (radio frequency, laser diodeetc.) and one annual expenditure for gas and electricity Between 32mila e 46mila euro.

Other sectors with high energy impact

For them 10 thousand businesses who work in leather tanning l’electricity weighs between 15 and 20% of the overall costssimilar incidence for the iron working and the ceramicwhile for companies in the glass sector, gas and electricity they oscillate between 15 and 30% based on the type of processing.

Bakery, car repair and stone items

For the beyond 40 thousand businesses that they produce bakery items the bill represents approximately the 14% of costs as it touches the 20% for car repairers. Incidence greater than 10% for them 9 thousand businesses of the stone sector who operate in transformation.

Sectors less affected by energy

Energy weighs less on companies food processing (about 7% of total costs) and of mechanics (4-5%), more sensitive to oscillations of the raw material which represent around the 30% of production costs.

The Cna’s appeal: emergency measures

“L’Italia is confirmed among most vulnerable European countries during the energy shocks – says the president of the Cna, Dario Costantini – the continuation of conflict in the Gulf risks causing a 30 billion euro blow on businesses for i energy costs. And unsustainable increase in costs for approx 300 thousand small businesses. They are needed emergency measures e reforms per cut energy prices“.