overcapacity in English

noun
1
the situation in which an industry or factory cannot sell as much as it can produce.
Now, if they're in an industry suffering from overcapacity and bloated asset prices, they should worry if vultures aren't in sight.

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1. (373) The parties have defined overcapacity as the difference between nameplate capacity and actual production.

2. However, as specified above, the estimated overcapacity of the Chinese producers exceeds by 47,5 % the current demand.

3. (i) Project which results in a capacity expansion in a sector facing serious structural overcapacity and/or an absolute decline in demand: 0,25;

4. (i) Project which results in a capacity expansion in a sector facing serious structural overcapacity and/or an absolute decline in demand 0.25

5. ‘(i) Project which results in a capacity expansion in a sector facing serious structural overcapacity and/or an absolute decline in demand: 0.25

6. This frail position, together with overcapacity has led to fierce price competition, which results in low earning power, thereby hampering the sector’s ability to reinvest and innovate.

7. Breakbulk and its glamorous subset, project cargo, remain a dynamic shipping segment, and the multipurpose and heavylift (MPV/HL) carriers that serve it are just beginning to recover from chronic overcapacity and a decade of doldrums. Breakbulk cargo has been defined as ‘whatever is left over’ after the bulk and container ships are full.