The Brazilian Association of Animal Proteins (ABPA) issued a statement in which it manifests its protests with the official registration of the new freight table, through Law No. 13,703, published on Thursday (09) in the Official Gazette (DOU). ABPA points out that the tabulation causes a serious scenario of legal uncertainty, which has an impact on the commercialization of inputs. As a consequence, there is a sharp rise in the costs embedded in transport, which will lead to higher consumer prices, directly impacting inflation.
The country’s national and international competitiveness is at stake at the moment. The logistics issue, which is already an obstacle to national productive capacity, has become a business retention factor. With the lowest production flow, the costs of the new table could trigger impacts on the maintenance of jobs and cause inflation.
For poultry and swine breeding in Brazil, there is a clear misrepresentation in the role that this table should have, which would be strictly of reference. Everyone will pay a high price for the tabulation, whether producers, consumers and even carriers.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.