
Pasquale Russo warns of the risks of shortages of fresh products and economic damage
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The road transport blockades are affecting various areas of the country, with particular intensity in the South.
The effects of the road transport blockades which are affecting various areas of the country, especially in the South, are increasingly worrying and are already causing difficulties in supplying shops and supermarkets, in particular for fresh and perishable food products, but also for other goods, such as household appliances and consumer electronics products.
A situation which, if it were to continue, would risk compromising the regular availability of products, causing economic damage to businesses and further inconvenience to consumers. This is the alarm raised in a note by the vice president of Confcommercio and president of Conftrasporto, Pasquale Russo, on the consequences of the blockade of trucks.

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