January 25, 2021 Share
Independent truck owners in Argentina, grouping under the TUDA association (Transportistas Unidos de Argentina) are blocking roads as part of a protest over what drivers say are exorbitant taxes and highway tolls.
The CIARA-CEC export industry chamber has expressed its concerns about the blockage as it is preventing the grains from reaching the ports. “Currently everything is operating, but the terminals only have a certain amount of storage capacity… If the protest extends over time, it will generate problems.
There is concern,” CIARA-CEC Spokesman Andres Alcara stated. Argentina Cereals Chamber and Commodities Stock Exchange has also expressed its concerns at the blockade which threatens the production chain and trading of cereals and derivates and has stated that “such generate economic losses which affect all the links of the agro-industrial production chain and put at risk the supply of the domestic market and processing, as well as im
The teamsters grouped in the informal TUDA association, began blocking highways over the weekend, making it hard for grains to reach port terminals
For the fourth day running independent teamsters are blocking roads in Argentina as part of a protest over what they describe fuel prices, exorbitant taxes, and highway tolls. The lockdown threatens the export of grains and oilseeds, CIARA-CEC the industry chamber said.
The teamsters grouped in the informal TUDA association (Transportistas Unidos de Argentina), began blocking highways over the weekend, making it hard for grains to reach port terminals. The protest adds uncertainty to a sector that was racked by several Argentine port workers strikes last month.