The cost of Moving a truck load grew 1.62% in February and accumulates an increase of 4.3% in the first bimester as detailed in a report the Argentine Federation of Business Entities of Cargo Autotransport (Fadeeac).
The data thus reinforces the idea of Entrepreneurs of the industrial sector who warn that the lack of competitiveness of the Argentine economy is “from the doors of the factories for outside”. It is to remember that the Official dollar The year started at a value of $ 1,033 and rose to 1,061 to February 28, which implies a correction of the order of 2.7%.
In such a way that so far this year, the cost of logistics in Argentina rose 1.6 points above the evolution of the Official dollar. In other words, he had inflation in dollars.
Fadeeac points out that the percentage of febre increaseRo “was lower than January (2.62%) and is located at levels close to those observed in the fourth quarter of 2024”.
The report adds that “The first 2025 bimester adds an increase of 4.3%, while the accumulated of the last 12 months reaches 48%. ”
“At the end of 2024, the index was 84.9% And, in 2023, the highest value was marked in 30 years, with a 248%rise, ”says the business entity.
While the increase in logistics costs It grew last year below inflation, which was 117%, did it well above the official dollar that advanced 28%.
How much logistics costs grew
During February 7 of the 11 components of the logistics cost index they grew: Insurance rose 3.11%; Fuels, 2.25%; Repairs, 1.78%; Rolling material, 1.67%; Personal-conduction, 1.50%; General expenses, 1.23% and tolls, 0.5%.
Lubricants, tires and patents did not suffer variations while the financial cost decreased. “The load transport sector faces A scenario with marked differences between activities, ”the entity warned.
The report adds that “while agriculture, energy and mining show growth, Industry, consumption and public construction register lower levels of activity. ”
The loss of competitiveness
According to the economist of the Osvaldo Giordano Mediterranean Foundationthe decline in inflation will live with a Dexchange rate eterioration which will expose the local industry to the highest pressure of imports. That, he maintains, will deepen the political debate, without being able to face the underlying problem.
“To the extent that contrasts intensify will increase the controversies around the exchange policy, accentuating the underestimation of the most important problem and complex to resolve: the factors that explain the low competitiveness of national production, ”says Giordano.
Source: Ambito
