While the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic was evident in many replies to the ERJ Compounding Survey 2020,there was little evidence of panic over the crisis within the sector.Respondents to this year's survey,carried out during March and April,posted significant declines in average ratings for the elastomer compounds markets when analysed by materials-type and end-use sector.Asked to rate growth in their main end-use markets-between 5(high growth)and 1(decline)-respondents returned an average rating of 2.63.This compared to equivalent ratings of 3.03 and 3.26 in the survey last year and in 2018 respectively.
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