A group of 75 entities from the national productive sector, including several representative agribusiness associations, sent the President-elect of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro, an open letter against the freight charge. The document lays out arguments so that this misguided measure does not last in the next government. Check the letter in its entirety.
“LETTER OPEN TO PRESIDENT ELECTED, MINISTERS INDICATED AND STATE BODIES
FRONT TABLE IMPACTS SUPPLY CHAIN, FOOD PRICE AND IS ENTRUSTED FOR GROWTH PLANS AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
Mr. President-elect, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, and future government team:
It’s always good to have no tabulation. “When Brazil faced hyperinflation in the 1980s, the government made the mistaken decision to tabulate prices in the country. It did not work, and Brazilian society paid a high price with unemployment, low competitiveness, product shortages and high food costs.
The Freight Table (Law 13.703 / 18), a measure that was taken in a hurried way, without due debate with society and evaluation of its consequences for the economy, brings, 30 years later, that ghost back to Brazilian society.
It is always good to have no tabulation, since the table represents a 100% increase in transportation costs and food inflation. With this, the cost of living of the population will increase, as will the cost of production, which will discourage the productive sector from investing and generating jobs.
It is always good to have no tabulation, as it generates legal insecurity and disrespects the Constitution. There are more than 60 legal inquiries against the freight table, including in the Federal Supreme Court (STF), in addition to the questionable regulatory process proposed by the National Land Transport Agency (ANTT), which has not respected deadlines and will start to fine companies before define the rules that must be obeyed on the freight table.
It is always good to have no tabulation because the most accredited experts say that it does not solve transportation, infrastructure and logistics problems in the country, only accentuates them without providing any improvement for the future.
It is always good to have no tabulation, because it hinders the competitiveness of the Brazilian economy by increasing the bureaucracy and costs of Brazilian products to domestic and international markets. This will especially hamper exports of higher value-added products, which will be more expensive than their international competitors, and will prevent more foreign resources from coming to Brazil.
The signatory entities of this letter want Brazil to grow, generate jobs, increase its exports and become increasingly competitive in the international market. For this, “it is always good to have no tabulation”.
We place our trust in the new government and state institutions so that this very serious mistake is corrected with the same urgency that Brazil has to grow again.
Without further ado, we appreciate the attention, confident in the best decision. “
SIGNATORY ASSOCIATIONS
ABAG – BRAZILIAN AGRIBUSINESS ASSOCIATION
ABAL – BRAZILIAN ALUMINUM ASSOCIATION
ABBA – BRAZILIAN POTATO ASSOCIATION
ABCP – BRAZILIAN CEMENT PORTLAND ASSOCIATION
ABCS – BRAZILIAN SWINE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
ABCZ – BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF ZEBU CREATORS
ABEVD – BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF DIRECT SALES COMPANIES
ABIA – BRAZILIAN FOOD INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
ABIARROZ – BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE RICE INDUSTRY
ABIEC – BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF MEAT EXPORTING INDUSTRIES
ABIFUMO – BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE SMOKE INDUSTRY
ABIMAPI – BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF BISCUIT INDUSTRIES, FOOD PASTS AND BAKERY PRODUCTS&INDUSTRIALIZED CAKES
ABIOVE – BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF VEGETABLE OIL INDUSTRIES
ABIPLA – BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEANING AND AFTER PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES
ABIQUIM – BRAZILIAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
ABIR – BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF REFRIGERANT AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES INDUSTRIES
ABIT – BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF TEXTILE AND CLOTHING INDUSTRY
ABITRIGO – BRAZILIAN WHEAT INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
ABPA – BRAZILIAN ANIMAL PROTEIN ASSOCIATION
ABPO – BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF CORRUGATED CARDBOARD
ABRA – BRAZILIAN ANIMAL RECYCLING ASSOCIATION
ABRABE – BRAZILIAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION
ABRAFRIGO – BRAZILIAN REFRIGERATOR ASSOCIATION
ABRAMILHO – BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF CORN PRODUCERS
ABRAPA – BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF COTTON PRODUCERS
ABRASS – BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOYBEAN SEED PRODUCERS
ABRINQ – BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF TOY MANUFACTURERS
ACEBRA – CEREALIST COMPANIES ASSOCIATION OF BRAZIL
ACRIMAT – ASSOCIATION OF MATO GROSSO CREATORS
AENDA – BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF GENERIC DEFENSIVES
AGROBIO – ASSOCIATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN AGRICULTURE AND AGROINDUSTRIES
ALCOPAR – BIOENERGY PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE OF PARANÁ
AMPA – MATO GROSSENSE ASSOCIATION OF COTTON PRODUCERS
ANDEF – NATIONAL VEGETABLE DEFENSE ASSOCIATION
ANEA – NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COTTON EXPORTERS
ANEC – NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CEREAL EXPORTERS
ANUT – NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CARGO TRANSPORT USERS
APROSMAT – MATO GROSSO SEED PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION
APROSOJA MS – SOYA PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL – MS
APROSOJA BR – BRAZILIAN SOYBEAN PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION
APROSOJA MT – ASSOCIATION OF SOYBEANS AND CORN OF THE STATE OF MATO GROSSO
BIOSUL – MATO GROSSO DO SUL ALCOHOL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY UNION
CBIC – BRAZILIAN CHAMBER OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
CECAFÉ – BOARD OF EXPORTERS OF COFFEE FROM BRAZIL
CERVBRASIL – BRAZILIAN BEER INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
CITRUS BR – NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EXPORTERS OF CITRUS JUICES
CNC – NATIONAL COFFEE COUNCIL
ELETROS – NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRO-PRODUCTION MANUFACTURERS
FAEP – FEDERATION OF THE AGRICULTURE OF THE STATE OF PARANÁ
FAESP – FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURE OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO
FAMATO – FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK OF THE STATE OF MATO GROSSO
FENSEG – NATIONAL FEDERATION OF GENERAL INSURANCE
FIEC – FEDERATION OF THE INDUSTRIES OF THE STATE OF CEARÁ
FIEP – FEDERATION OF PARANÁ INDUSTRIES
FINDES – FEDERATION OF INDUSTRIES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
FIRJAN – RIO DE JANEIRO INDUSTRY FEDERATION
FNBF – NATIONAL FOREST FORESTRY ACTIVITIES FORUM
FNS – NUCLEAR ENERGY FORUM
FARMABRASIL GROUP
IBÁ – BRAZILIAN TREE INDUSTRY
OCB – ORGANIZATION OF BRAZILIAN COOPERATIVES
ORPLANA – ORGANIZATION OF CANCER PLANTERS OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGION OF BRAZIL
SIMABESP – UNION OF THE FOOD AND BISCUIT INDUSTRY IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO
SINDAN – NATIONAL INDUSTRY UNION OF ANIMAL HEALTH PRODUCTS INDUSTRY
SINDICERV – NATIONAL BEER INDUSTRY UNION
SINDITABACO – INTERESTADUAL UNION OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY
SINDIVEG – NATIONAL UNION OF THE PRODUCTS INDUSTRY FOR PLANT DEFENSE
SIPLA – NATIONAL UNION OF THE CLEANING AND AFTER PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES
SNIC – NATIONAL CEMENT INDUSTRY UNION
SRB – BRAZILIAN RURAL SOCIETY
UNICA – UNION OF THE SUGAR CANE INDUSTRY
UNIPASTO – ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE FORENSICS RESEARCH RESEARCH
UDOP – UNION OF BIOENERGY PRODUCERS
VIVA LÁCTEOS – BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF BREEDING
CNI – NATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF INDUSTRY
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.