Di Pisa: “Fruit and vegetables, exports and transport in crisis” – Chronicle
Valentino Di Pisa, president of Fedagromercati-Confcommercio, what kind of situation is the fruit and vegetable sector in Bologna experiencing with the Ukraine-Russia conflict?
“Energy costs have exploded, transport costs, the costs of finding pallets, wood is skyrocketing. In short, everything has exploded. the dizzying increase in fuel costs. And it is not a strike, it is precisely a suspension of the service because it is not possible to go on. Gasoline, after all, is at 2.24 euros, one of the factors that immediately affect the product fruit and vegetables “.
Has exports also been affected?
“Of course. You see, for us it is a different speech than that of industry, we are subject to the law of supply and demand, and the marketing for some companies to Ukraine has been hit. If we then put the vicissitudes into it. linked to the energetic price increases, we have everything “.
On this last aspect, know how to quantify the time wasters?
“We had done the math a month ago, we recorded a doubling of the cost of energy, for the companies in the markets we were talking about an additional cost of about 30-35 thousand euros per year. If that was the situation a month ago, today we talk of enormous figures. Even in transport, in the last 15 days, we have registered an increase of 20%. All this will affect the price of the product or the profitability of companies. It is a perfect storm “.
Then there are consumption, is the situation there too dramatic?
“All these higher costs naturally weigh on the pockets of the consumer, who will be, if he has not already done so, to cut his purchases to meet the cost of living”.
Paolo Rosato