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Long gestation and prolonged winter arising from significant margin compression (low single digit margin). The current low-margin landscape will accelerate a survival-of-the-fittest phase where weaker players (or unwilling to supply based on such low margins) are exiting the market. However, highly problematic if due to fundamental shift arising from overseas customers continuous cost optimisation in 2026 and 2027 due to availability of cheap products or supplies from China.