據路透社報導，受美國製裁及官方外匯分配體系排擠影響，委內瑞拉中小企業正面臨嚴重的美元短缺危機，超過半數受訪企業表示外匯不足已嚴重阻礙生產。據悉，年初外匯拍賣規模較去年同期下降 13%，多數美元額度遭大型跨國企業壟斷。為維持營運，大量當地藥廠與化工廠被迫轉往非官方市場，或使用加密貨幣進行跨境原物料採購與結算，導緻當地物價飆升，並將通膨率推高至 600%。

According to Reuters, affected by U.S. sanctions and exclusion from the official foreign exchange allocation system, small and medium-sized enterprises in Venezuela are facing a severe U.S. dollar shortage crisis. More than half of the surveyed enterprises stated that the lack of foreign exchange has severely hampered production. It is reported that against the backdrop of a 13% year-on-year drop in foreign exchange auction volumes at the start of the year, most dollar quotas are monopolized by large multinational corporations. To sustain production, a large number of local pharmaceutical and chemical companies have been forced to turn to unofficial markets or use cryptocurrencies for cross-border raw material procurement and settlement. This has led to a sharp surge in local prices and pushed the inflation rate up to as high as 600%.