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El consumo de áridos para la construcción en Castilla y León desciende un 11%The consumption of arid for the construction in Castile and Leon descends 11%
29 June 2012
The consumption of arid for the construction in Castile and Leon has registered a descent of 11% in the last period (2010-2011), what translates in a regional consumption of 17,9 million tonnes in 2011 (20, in 2010), with a per capita consumption of 7 tonnes/inhabitant, according to estimates of the Association of manufacturers of Arid of Castile and Leon (Afarcyl).
Such have been some of the data facilitated in the ‘annual Report of the sector of the arid' that has made public during the General Assembly of Afarcyl, that has taken place on 29 June in Valladolid, with the participation of the National Association of Manufacturers of Arid (Anefa), and the assistance of more than a nourished number of employers of the pertinent sector of all the Spanish provinces-Leonese.
The morosidad that affects to the companies, the agility and simplification of the processes of tramitación of files, the fulfillment of the Marked CE, the profesionalización of the sector, the modification of prohibitions urbanísticas and municipal taxles, the irregular activities and the unit of the sector headed by the fight of Afarcyl in all the region, have been appearances treated in depth, as well as the numerous initiatives of the association to defend the interests of the companies, in all the fields of his activities.
Santiago Sánchez Álvarez, president of Afarcyl.
In this regard, Santiago Sánchez Álvarez, president of Afarcyl, resumía like this the state of situation of this industry in his intervention in front of the assembly's: “In spite of the current situation of the sector, the advances and the channels of communication that have opened and developed in these last years are essential for the continuity and the good operation of the activity in our Community. In these moments is paramount the unit of the sector so that, in a future to short-half term, can reach the aims posed to a more competitive sector”.
During the day have given to know the expectations of the sector in the Spanish fields-Leonese and national, as well as the Annual Statistical Report of this mining industry, elaborated by the National Association of Employers Manufacturers of Arid (Anefa), in which it is integrated cheese cheese Afarcyl.
The meeting has culminated with the interventions of the president and vice-president of Afarcyl, and the general director of Anefa. In the closure have participated the members of the Managerial Board of Afarcyl previously to a breakfast for all the assembly's, in the Hotel Foxa.
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