BICS weighted Scotland estimates: data to wave 63
Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) weighted Scotland estimates containing data to wave 63
Production and Suppliers
Businesses were asked if they had experienced any global supply chain disruption in July 2022, and around a quarter (23.5%) of applicable businesses answered that they had experienced disruption. Around half (52.6%) of applicable businesses reported that they had not experienced global supply chain disruption, and the rest (24.0%) were unsure.
The most often reported cause businesses gave for global supply chain disruption was shortage of materials (26.1%) followed by the UK exiting the EU (17.1%) and increased costs (17.1%). The COVID-19 pandemic (7.3%) and the conflict in Ukraine (7.2%) were reported to have caused the disruption by a similar proportion of businesses. Finally 6.1% of businesses reported shortage of hauliers to have caused the disruption, and other transportation issues was reported by 4.9% of businesses.
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