The Guild of small, micro and medium entrepreneurs (Acopi), delivered the results of his Business Performance Survey (EDE) for the fourth quarter of the year 2021.
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Acopi pointed out that, between October and December of last year, four out of ten entrepreneurs saw their production affected.
According to the survey, 39.4% of the entrepreneurs surveyed reported a decrease in this indicator, while the 33.8% asserts that production was maintained and for 26.8% it increased.
Likewise, when making a historical comparison of the level of production, for the last quarter of 2019, in the last year before the pandemic, 16% of MSME entrepreneurs stated that they perceived a decrease, a figure that increased by 26 percentage points, reaching 42% in the last quarter of 2020.
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In terms of sales, the outlook for the last quarter of the year was similar. 40.1% of the entrepreneurs stated that their sales decreased, 28.5% were maintained and for 31.5% they increased.
Taking into account the history of this indicator, there have been significant variations in which 13% of entrepreneurs reported a decrease in the fourth quarter of 2019, a figure that increased by 31.6 percentage points, reaching 44.6% in the last quarter of 2020.
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