03
Aug
16:32
German distributors sell more to construction, less automotive
Sales at Germany’s stockholding steel distributors in 2019 totalled 10.7 million tonnes, a dip by -4.3% on-year, following a couple of years of increase, Kallanish learns from their federation, BDS.
The main customer group was construction, which accounted for 21% of sales, a remarkable leap of four percentage points on-year. The leading customer sector of preceding years, automotive, lost slightly and in 2019 took 20% of sales.
This marks a shift in the ba…
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