Reports

Insolvency surge isn’t over just yet

Mexico’s industrial landscape and continues to face substantial challenges due to delayed payments and unreliable customer behaviour.

Late payments currently affect, on average, around half of all invoices issued by North American businesses in B2B trade.

Poor payment practices from B2B customers have been a persistent issue during the past 12 months for almost half of the Canadian companies surveyed across various industries.

A clear shift of approach among companies in the US is towards strengthening their strategic credit risk management framework.

Latin America's economic growth is structurally low. Fostering investment could help reverse this.

Atradius sector experts share their insights into the key issues affecting the industry globally, in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe.

Is shopping for a greener world possible?

Rising manufacturing production and consumer demand drive transportation and logistics growth

The global economy seems on track for a soft landing, as inflation is coming down while a recession can be avoided.

Contractions continue in Europe and the US, but a 2025 rebound is on the cards

Electronics/ICT will be one of the fastest growing sectors globally in 2024-2025

Has the machines sector flown under the sustainability radar?

A stand-out finding from our survey is that trading on credit continues to play a key role in B2B sales strategy for businesses in Turkiye..

Our survey finds that a notable 44% of Romanian businesses are opting to outsource credit risk management rather than managing it in-house.

There is widespread concern across all sectors in Bulgaria about the trend of Days-Sales-Outstanding (DSO) indicating a decline in debt collection efficiency.

A rise in customer credit risk among businesses in the Czech Republic is evident in our survey.

Companies in Poland say they usually respond by delaying payments to their own suppliers. However, this comes with the risk of a domino effect through a particular industry.

Around 70% of companies in Slovakia report a worsening of payment practices, with just over four in five B2B invoices currently overdue.

While many companies in our survey of Slovenia say they are open to trading on credit in B2B sales there is a generally cautious and risk averse approach in practice.