Business Venezuela N° 350

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Meanwhile the results on foreign currency allocations for the amounts indicated were as follows:

Next is the chart with the positions of the remaining options.

% liquidation of foreign currency in respect to what was requested in 2015 Amount % foreign currency liquidated From US$ 1 to US$ 250,000 8.22% From US$ 250,001 to US$ 500,000 6.16% From US$ 500,001 to US$ 750,000 1.37% From US$ 750,001 to US$ 1,000,000 1.37% More than US$ 1,000,000 13.01% No liquidation of foreign currency 69.86% Total 100,00%

Principal difficulties in offering products and services during 2015 In the next consultation to the participants they were asked to choose from a total of 10 options on the three principal difficulties which affected them to a lesser or greater degree on offering goods and services in the internal market. The results were as follows: In the first place with a nationwide price inflation of over 180%, it was to be expected that cost increases in raw materials, packaging, spare parts and salaries has been considered as the principal difficulty during 2015 to offer goods and services in the nation at a total average of 55.68%. In second place, as in the past few years, was the non-liquidation of foreign currency for a total average of 39.77%, corroborating the results of the previous question when 70% of the participants mentioned that no foreign currency requested by them had been liquidated. Completing in third place the principal difficulties for offering goods and services in the domestic market was the law on fair costs and prices and price controls at an average of 35.80% of the answers, directly generating scarcity and distortions in the relative prices of the products.

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Situation of robbery and theft Given the economic and social distortions in the nation, the participants were asked about the indices of robbery, theft and damages to personnel or property during 2015. According to the 146 answers on this item, for 55.86% of the executives there was an increase in robberies, theft and damages to the personnel and property, while for the remaining 44.14%, there were no increases of this nature in the companies during 2015. Likewise, these actions were carried out by the internal personnel within the companies on average 49.03% of the time, by external persons on average 37.41% and by both 13.56% of the time.

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