Logistics Companies Will End 2022 With 10% Inflation Not Passed on to Consumers After Diesel Prices Doubled in Two Years: “Loss”

Pathfind Contacted The CPG To Discuss The New PEC For Truck Drivers, Which Should Pay R$ 1 Thousand To Workers In The Sector To Help With Transportation Costs. According To The Logistics Software Company, This Amount Is Unfeasible And Will Not Alleviate The Crisis Left By The Inflation Of The Last Two Years, Which Was Aggravated By The Rise In Brent Oil Commodity Prices. 

Antonio Wrobleski, President Of The Administrative Council Of Pathfind, States That Logistics, Transportation, And Freight Companies Will End The Year With A Drop In Revenue After Suffering From The 10% Inflation Loss In 2022 That Was Not Passed On To The Final Consumer Due To Diesel Prices, Which Doubled In Just Two Years. According To An Article Published By CNN, In 2020, The Average Price Charged Per Liter Nationally Was R$ 3.63; However, In Some Cities Like Itajaí, Santa Catarina (SC), It Is Already Above R$ 7. This Is The First Time In History That Diesel, Widely Used By Truck Drivers, Has Prices Higher Than Gasoline, Which Has Already Been Above R$ 7 In At Least 20 States. 

According To Pathfind, The Current Incentives Developed By The Federal Government, Such As The Reduction Of ICMS From 25% To 18%, Are Not Sufficient To Mitigate The Crisis Left By The Pandemic. The Initial Proposal Of The Bolsonaro Government Was To Make Taxation Null And Transfer An Amount From The Federal Treasury To The Governors. The President Has Already Spoken Several Times About The Current Pricing Policies Charged By Petrobras, But Stated That He Cannot Intervene Due To The Policies Approved By Temer In 2016. 

Payment Of R$ 1 Thousand To Truck Drivers Reduces Little Or Almost Nothing The Inflation Suffered By The Logistics And Transportation Sector 

The Payment Of R$ 1 Thousand To Truck Drivers Reduces Little Or Almost Nothing The Inflation Suffered By The Transportation Sector, According To The Software Company. Furthermore, According To Data Shared By The National Agency Of Petroleum And Biofuels (ANP), The ICMS Reduction Did Not Exponentially Decrease Diesel Prices, Which Doubled In The Last Two Years: The Decrease, In Practice, Was Only R$ 0.05. The Struggles Began In 2021 When The Rise In Diesel Prices Already Represented A Positive Variation Of Nearly 50% Compared To 2020. 

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Only Between January And May 2022, The Increase Had Already Surpassed At Least 28%. Companies Focused On The Logistics Sector Are Unable To Keep Up With This Variation, Making It Unfeasible To Pass This Final Price On To The Consumer. In Other Words, They Are Losing Money Since They Must Withdraw A Part Of The Revenue From Their Own Treasury To Meet The Demands And Stay In The Market. Antonio Wrobleski States That The High Fuel Prices Have Caused Chaos In The Sector, Making It Difficult To Manage. 

The Expert Also States That The Lack Of Stocks Is Also One Of The Factors That Cause Prices To Be Inflated. 

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