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These Consumer Goods Could Be First To Vanish As "Supply Shock" Disrupts Asian Factories
These Consumer Goods Could Be First To Vanish As "Supply Shock" Disrupts Asian Factories
Goldman analysts warned that the petrochemical supply shock sweeping across Asia is now morphing into a full-blown COGS shock, hitting a range of industries with factories across the region. The immediate consequence is that manufacturers - from sofa makers to apparel producers - are being forced to dial back production and, in some cases, idle plants altogether as soaring petrochemical-linked input costs drive up the price of plastics and other key materials.
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Submitted by Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com,
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