According to the survey carried out by Agroservicios Wiliiams, only 754 trucks entered all grain ports in Argentina this Tuesday, while the previous week more than 3,000 had entered, which marks a drop of 76%.
The force measure is organized by the United Self-Convened Carriers and the Sutap and Untra unions, of trucking. These organizations complain about the lack of diesel and the premiums they must pay for the product. Even yesterday they carried out a mobilization in the Obelisk generating chaos in the Buenos Aires traffic.
Within this framework, the oil company YPF announced this week that it will import around 500,000 cubic meters of diesel over the next 45 days to supply the local market, in response to the strong demand for fuel that has been verified since the beginning of the year. “In the next 45 days, YPF will import 10 ships with a total of almost 500,000 cubic meters of diesel. According to the tentative schedule, 2 ships will arrive this week, 5 ships in July and 3 in August,” sources from the sector specified.
Another of the measures that the Government implemented directly to alleviate the lack of diesel was to increase the fuel cut with biodiesel for small and medium-sized companies (from 5% to 7.5%); and, for 60 days, the Additional Temporary Mandatory Cut (COTAB) will allow a mandatory, temporary and exceptional cut of 5 additional points for all supplier companies and that includes large biodiesel manufacturing companies.
In this framework, from the biodiesel sector they detail that the mandatory cut could be raised even more, without putting at risk the exports of soybean oil – the main product for the production of biodiesel – and in the same line the Government could save via payments for energy import. In any case, from the ruling party they emphasize that the situation will be normalized shortly and even the Minister of Agriculture Julián Domínguez, affirmed that the necessary fuel will not be lacking so that the field can sow and harvest as it does every campaign.
The truth is that if the carriers’ forceful measure continues Foreign currency income from the countryside, which the Argentine economy needs so much, would be more than compromised in the coming weeks. Another bad news is that all these logistical inconveniences generate not only millionaire losses for companies that cannot meet scheduled shipments, but also international buyers who turn to other markets, such as Brazil and the United States.to ensure the origination of grains because Argentina fails to meet its commitments.
Source: Ambito
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