Through the issuance of a press release, ANTRAM urged the Executive to consider measures "that allow transport companies and the sector to confront and combat" what they consider to be a "scourge": the price of diesel, which threatens to the 'transport sector', 'their survival and necessarily the growth of the national economy'.
«Why does the price of the barrel go down, but does not the price of diesel fall? How can this situation continue to happen systematically? What measures does the trustees have in place to reverse the situation? "- the questions, shot in succession at the beginning of the letter, reflect ANTRAM's concern about the current economic situation that is detrimental to the performance of the carriers and, in its view, the sector.
"If we look at the decline in the price of a barrel of oil and in the prices of diesel, which remain high, without accompanying this decline in percentage, we can not find a justification," notes the association, using the figures to clarify its argument: This situation is particularly visible in the price of the barrel which, on 15 October, stood at 80.91 euros - around the average price of diesel at 1,404 euros / liter - and one month later, at 14 of November, is in the 65.58 euros - around the average price of diesel the 1,435 euros / liter, "he says.
'Although we are facing a drop of more than € 15, the reality is that the price of diesel has changed little or nothing - in this case, we see a rise - when, in fact, this decline should (and would have to) (considerably) in the final price of a liter of diesel ', he added, pointing out that the sector is' in a situation of limit', facing 'excessive and unbearable costs to companies', which must be' irremediably 'passed on to the final customer . "It is urgent, therefore, that the Government intervene and speedily implement measures that allow transport companies and the sector to confront and combat this scourge," the statement said.
