The publication of the minimum freight rate table by the National Land Transport Agency (ANTT), which is a Provisional Measure approved by the National Congress and is also the subject of a Bill, will increase the logistic cost of agribusiness. This is what affirms the director of the Agribusiness Department of Fiesp and president of Sindirações, Roberto Betancourt.
“The table raises the freight value that has been practiced between 30 and 40%.” Faced with this situation, says the leader, freight negotiations between producers / agribusiness with autonomous truck drivers are paralyzed because the table hinders the free market negotiation . “The situation also affects contracts that were already signed.”
Another measure criticized by Betancourt was the reduction of 2% to 0.1% of the percentage of the tax credit granted to stimulate exports since 2011, when the Special Regime for the Reintegration of Taxes for Exporting Companies (Reintegra) was created. According to the official, with this change, Brazil began to export taxes. In addition, according to Betancourt, the reoneration of the payroll of some sectors is another point that also impacts on the transportation cost of agribusiness.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.