Our industry is comparatively heavily dependent on a large number of raw materials. The current shortage and price hikes unfortunately concern core ingredients. Almost all raw materials are affected by the current situation. To ensure safe transportation of our products these must be adequately packaged. With plastic polymers and tin plates in short supply, we encounter additional cost drivers. On the import side, the situation is even worse. The industry obtains many raw materials, by container, from Asia. However, the Covid-19 pandemic did lead to erratic demands for international trade which affected the shipping ...