Confcom, with independent sales fuel price cap -29%, 30 thousand jobs at risk

The price cap on fuel, introduced by the oil companies from 28 September to contain prices at the pump, "is producing heavy distorting effects on competition, penalizing independent distribution and road haulage companies. The reduction in prices, in fact, mainly concerns the networks of the oil companies, without extending uniformly to wholesale supplies intended for independent operators and large professional consumers". Thus in a note Confcommercio and its member associations of transport and logistics, the fuel distribution chain and the automotive sector (Anbti, Assocostieri, Assopetroli, Confcommercio Mobilità, Conftrasporto, Federauto, Figisc).

According to Assocostieri's findings, since 28 September the sales of independent plants have decreased on average by 29%, with losses estimated at around 2,700 euros per month per plant, in addition to a devaluation of inventories quantified at around 281 thousand euros. A situation which, if prolonged, "risks compromising the survival of numerous companies: over 40% of the more than 20 thousand self-service pumps in Italy are owned by independent operators, with around 30 thousand jobs at risk".