From different sectors they expressed their concern about the rise in the price of fuel, which could have an impact on the basic basket and other products.
Alberto Sborosky, president of the Paraguayan Chamber of Supermarkets (Capasu), said that between the exchange rate and fuel, “Unfortunately, pressure is being put on the price of food back.”
He added that you have to pay attention, because there are adjustments that correspond and others that are not.
In this sense, he indicated that the last rise in fuel does not correspond because somehow that “artificial rise” it puts pressure on the logistics of the entire economy.
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“As pressure is put on logistics prices, suppliers are going to begin to adjust their prices, they are going to sell us more expensive and therefore we also to consumers,” he said in a conversation with Universo 970 AM from Nación Media.
For his part, the trucker leader, Darío Toñánez, He stated that the objective is that the productive sector is not affected by the fuel situation, so they will speak with authorities from the Ministry of Finance and Petropar.
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“Next week we are going to meet with the authorities so that the Selective Consumption Tax does not affect truckers. They do not understand that if the costs rise, it will affect the ticket, the basket and the demonstrations will return, “Toñánez stressed to 970.
