The average freight price has become more expensive in the country. Released this week, the Repom Freight Index (IFR) indicates that the average value per kilometer traveled increased by 38.91% from 2021 to 2022. Thus, it closed last year with an average of R$7.14.7
According to the team responsible for the IFR, the issue was driven, above all, by the increase in the price of diesel. Despite the increase recorded at the end of the year, the most expensive average freight price was identified by the index in July of last year, when it was R$8.04.
“There is a scenario of a drop in the average freight price for this year, impacted by international and internal factors, such as the extension of the exemption from federal taxes on diesel for another year and new reductions in the ANTT freight minimum table”, says Repom director, Vinícius Fernandes. “Even so, the average value should remain higher compared to previous years.” Pre-pandemic freight comparison
Compared to the consolidated figures for 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic, when the average freight price closed the year at R$4.41, the increase recorded in 2022 was even greater: 62%.
“In the successive resumption of business, one of the effects of the end of the toughest phase of the pandemic has been the difficulty companies face in finding truck drivers to transport cargo,” says Fernandes.
“Due to issues related to supply and demand, this factor also increases the price of freight and should be one of the challenges for the sector in 2023,” adds the executive at Repom, the company responsible for carrying out the IFR.
The IFR
The IFR is an index of the average freight price and its composition, calculated based on the 8 million annual freight and toll pass transactions managed by Repom, a brand that belongs to Edenred Brasil.
Source: Canal Rural