If crude oil and iron ore are excludedwhich are largely moved around the country by trains. Over 60 percent of all cargo in Brazil is transported by trucks. The strike ended after then President Michel Temer gave in to pressure and agreed to create the minimum freight table. So, when truckers’ unions called for an even larger protest on February 1citing low freight price minimums and high diesel prices among other grievancesmany braced for the worst. 1 trucker strike, raising the prospect of a fresh economic hit to a. The striking truckers also caused the culling of millions of chickens, as feed failed to reach farmers. Brazils National Confederation of Transport and Logistics Workers (CNTTL) on Tuesday urged its 800,000 members to join a Feb. In May 2018, a truckers strike brought Brazil's economy to a virtual halt, as the world's largest exporter of agricultural commodities like soybeans and poultry could not get goods to ports or food to supermarkets. Forecasters are estimating total losses of between US 25 -30 billion to Brazil’s economy as a result of the strike. In 2018 Brazil started to see a slow recovery after 2008 (not to mention subsequent years of crisis, mismanagement, and rampant corruption). SO PAULO, Brazil A truckers’ strike that has thrown Brazil into chaos entered its sixth day on Saturday, with protesters blocking traffic on hundreds of highways, supermarkets rationing. "The minimum freight price equates to hunger." June, the strike left lasting scars on the Brazilian economy. "We will cross our arms on the first of February," the truck leader said, adding that minimum freight prices were authorized to rise by only 2.51%, which is not enough to offset rising costs, including to replace auto parts.
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In a CNTTL statement, he said mininum freight quotes set by Brazil's land transport agency ANTT are insufficient for the drivers to make a living. Brazil’s government said that concessions to end a crippling truckers strike will have a high cost for taxpayers even as the country’s businesses and consumers struggle with shortages of fuel. On Thursday, union leaders said they would accept the government’s offer to lower the fuel prices by 10 percent for a month and abandon the tax that had contributed to the long-term price hike. CNTTL spokesman Carlos Alberto Litti Dahmer denounced lack of government support to improve working conditions of truck drivers, calling on members of his group to join the move. Tens of thousands of truckers had parked their rigs on the roads across Brazil on Monday, protesting the rising prices of diesel. According to the government’s own data based on information relayed by the Federal Highway Patrol only 56 partial blockages were reported, all of which will be cleared by the end. Bolsonaro, this truckers’ strike failed to deliver on its promises and engaged fewer people than expected. The consequences have already been serious and the animal protein sector understands that it is necessary that appropriate measures be taken by the government, so that the situation is solved as soon as possible.Truckers are upset that a minimum freight price set by the government is too low. Akin to the September 7 protests incited by Mr. In Rio de Janeiro alone, over 1,500 drivers joined the demonstration. A truckers strike sowed economic and political chaos and some are begging the military for relief. They had halted activities in all southeastern states the country’s economic engine in protest against skyrocketing fuel prices. Appealing for a solutionĪBIEC and ABPA reiterate that the movement is a right of the group, but reaffirm the importance of maintaining food transportation for the population. Truckers working for fuel transportation companies ended their protest after two days. Brazil is a member of the G20 group of the worlds largest emerging and advanced economies, but the first five days of the strike were estimated to have cost the countrys economy 2.8 billion. "The situation in farms is very serious, due to the lack of inputs and the imminent risk of animal hunger.”ĭamages to the production system are serious and will require weeks until the normal rhythm is restored in some plants. The circulation of feed trucks to the farms scattered all over the production regions is jammed at several points. "We have received reports from producers with trucks that transport animals halted in blockages across the country." There are even cases of animals with more than 50 hours without feed. The Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA) warns that, unlike the promise made on May 23 by the leaders of the truckers, there has not yet been release of live animal loads at several points where transport is stopped by the strike movement on the roads.
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