The assessment of the main Valencian productive sectors continues to try to accelerate the return to normal and reconstruction in the almost 70 municipalities hardest hit by the floods of October 29. One of the largest sectors, that of metal, estimates the impact on the sector in 4,500 million euros, including 1,488 million euros in losses and an additional 3,000 million in terms of GDP.
According to a first estimate of Valencian Federation of Metallurgical Companies (FEMEVAL)DANA hit hard 6,150 companies in metallurgy, commerce and services which employ 47,549 employees in areas where rains and floods have flooded most of these municipalities. Among these companies, 5,075 are seriously affected.
According to the Femeval outage, the damage reached 990 industries, 1,320 installation companies and 3,840 metallurgy and automobile repair companies.
A long list of businesses that includes hardware stores, appliance stores, jewelry stores, orthopedics, dealerships, vehicle and parts repair shops, machining industries, metal structure construction, coating of parts, metal carpentry, automotive auxiliary industry, machine manufacturers, electricity. and electronic equipment and lighting, installation and maintenance companies for electricity, gas, water, irrigation and air conditioning, elevators, fire protection systems, ICT companies…
Reconstruction effort
“Our companies They are badly damaged and will take a long time to repair.. A major reconstruction effort must be made so that they can regain their means of subsistence and those of their workers,” insists the president of Femeval, Vicente Lafuente.
The business representative emphasized that Public funds are important, but so are private contributionsbecause any form of aid is a lifeline at this time to combat the devastating effects of DANA.
