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COVID-19: monitoring the impact of the pandemic on enterprises
Fast and Exceptional Enterprise Survey - COVID-19
COVID-19: monitoring the impact of the pandemic on enterprises - 2nd fortnight, June 2020
01 July 2020

Summary


The survey results point to a slight improvement in the enterprises’ situation in the 2nd fortnight of June. The percentage of enterprises in operation was 96% (+1 p.p. than in the previous fortnight), with the Accommodation and food services sector standing out, where the percentage increased 5 p.p., standing at 82%. Comparing the results over the 2nd quarter, the improvement is more notorious, with the percentage of enterprises in operation increasing from 83% in April to 96% in June.
Given the situation without pandemic, 66% of the enterprises reported a negative impact on turnover (compared to 68% in the previous fortnight). The Accommodation and food services and Transportation and storage sectors recorded the largest percentage of enterprises with decreases in turnover (87% and 80%, respectively). During the 2nd quarter, the percentage of responding enterprises with decreases in turnover, given the situation without pandemic, decreased from 80% in April to 67% in June.
Compared to the previous fortnight, 37% of the enterprises reported stabilization of turnover, and among the rest, the percentage showing increases was higher than the percentage showing reductions (34% and 28%, respectively).
In the 2nd fortnight of June, 36% of the enterprises reported reductions in the number of persons employed effectively working compared to the situation that could be expected without the pandemic (39% in the previous fortnight). Accommodation and food services enterprises also stand out in this case, with 64% recording a decrease in the number of persons effectively working (-3 p.p. than in the previous fortnight). Comparing the results over the 2nd quarter, there was also a decrease in the percentage of enterprises that reported a negative impact in the number of persons employed effectively working given the situation without the pandemic (from 59% in April to 38% in June).
Comparing with the 1st fortnight of June, most enterprises did not report a change in the number of persons employed (72%). Accommodation and food services recorded the highest percentage of enterprises with an increase in the number of persons employed (33%), in most cases due to the reduction in the number of persons in simplified layoff.
46% of the responding enterprises had persons in remote working in the 2nd fortnight of June (-1 p.p. compared to the previous fortnight) and more than 55% of the enterprises do not foresee the use of Government support measures excluding the simplified layoff.


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