Expensive fuel: heavy repercussions on truck drivers, taxi drivers and sales agents

The increases in petrol and diesel not only weigh on the pockets of families and commuters but also on those who use cars or trucks for work: truck drivers, taxi drivers and sales agents.

This was underlined by the research office of the CGIA of Mestre, adding that for the last two categories the situation is particularly difficult, since they cannot pass on the increase in costs to customers or the supply chain, while truck drivers can rarely do so and rely on the tax credit designed to compensate for the high cost of fuel; However, those who own heavy vehicles under 7.5 tonnes are excluded, equal to approximately 40% of road haulage companies.

In Italy, the companies active in the three sectors total 303,814 units. Of these, 203,742 are commercial agents, 68,482 work in road transport and 31,590 are divided between taxi drivers and NCCs. At a regional level, Lombardy is the first region in terms of number of activities, with 49,333 companies, ahead of Lazio with 29,018 and Veneto with 28,913.

At the provincial level, the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital occupies first place, with 22,468 companies, followed by Milan with 19,374 and Naples with 15,613. At the bottom of the ranking are Gorizia with 460 companies, Aosta with 341 and Isernia with 280.

Recalling that in total the anti-fuel price maneuver implemented by the government in the last 6 and a half months exceeds 2.6 billion euros, and that in eight months Draghi spent 7.3 billion after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to the CGIA "it would be possible and appropriate for Brussels to grant the member states a margin of flexibility similar to that guaranteed 4 years ago".