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There are very few stocks in warehouses around the world. The user companies have for many years only arranged purchases and deliveries for nearly immediate use. This means that there is basically no buffers in the inventory. This situation has been compounded by the procurement strategies of the larger users to do large contracts and take deliveries near the time of use. At the moment , with prices getting higher by the day.

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