The performance of South Africa's automotive,building and construction sectors,two key consumers of coil coatings,had started showing signs of slowing down early in the year,a situation exacerbated by the outbreak of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic that shut down the economy for several months.Although no latest data is available to confirm consumption levels of coil coatings in South Africa,there is a likelihood of falling consumption should some of the predicted short term market trends in the automotive and the building and construction sectors come to pass.The likelihood of South Africa's coil coating market reporting a muted growth in 2020 and possibly 2021 looks real because of the widespread adverse effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the country's economy.
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