The diesel shortage crisis peaked in June, but there are still areas with access problems.
With varying intensity, the problems for access to diesel continue in much of Argentina and three provinces continue to have little or no supply. These are Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Misiones. “After more than four months of anomalies suffered by carriers, the most vulnerable segment of the energy chain, from the Argentine Federation of Commercial Freight Entities (FADEEAC), we demand that the markets for heavy transport fuel supply be temporarily controlled. . Now the adjustment is not in quantity but in price ”, said Roberto Guarnieri, president of the institution.
The diesel supply map created by FADEEAC technicians who have been monitoring the access situation to grade 2 diesel since April had its most critical point in June, when the 24 districts of the country experienced problems of varying degrees. It arises from the consultation with truckers and owners of some of the 4,500 SMEs that make up the 44 Transport Chambers grouped in FADEEAC and identifies with full green the provinces without any type of constraint for supplies and with red those in which there is little or no failure to supply at service stations or waiting times exceeding 12 hours.
In the latest survey, carried out between 18 and 27 July, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Misiones were in the redand according to the FADEEAC shows marked differences between the reality of road service stations, where quotas and longer waiting times remain for a lower availability of fuel, and those close to provincial capitals or large inhabited centers, which in recent weeks have had a greater supply.
Diesel map prepared by FADEEAC, period from 18 to 27 July.
In the north of the province of Buenos Aires, persistent difficulties persist in the Zárate-Campana areanot permanent, in access to grade 2 diesel, while in the south, both in the area of Bahía Blanca and in that of Mar del Plata, the situation is normal.
At the fuel access traffic light, Tucumán and Chaco appeared in yellowor with an average supply below normal, slight delays in loading, but in the area of San Miguel de Tucumán and Resistencia there were no difficulties.
For its part, Mendoza is deep orange in colorwith an average supply of between 21 and 50 liters per vehicle, significant delays in waiting times and cost overruns, even if the situation is normal in the provincial capital.
According to FADEEAC, the shortage has been reduced at the expense of a general increase in fuel prices. “This is not a minor consequence, since historically fuel is the main input for the road transport activity, having come to represent in February 2022, before the crisis, between 35% and 40% in overhead costs for medium and long distance trips “, indicated the Federation.
Currently, the supply is specified by the supply of Euro 5 diesel, mainlya more expensive fuel, “which contributes to higher transport and logistics costs,” the entity said.
“Before the fuel supply crisis, only 13% of heavy vehicle consumption required Euro 5, the rest used common (or grade 2) diesel. The price differential at that time (February 2022) between one type and another was 21.5%. As of July 2022, according to the fuel prices authorized by YPF and its associated operators in OPESSA (operators of Service Stations SA), the value of the common diesel in CABA is of the order of $ 128.10 per liter, while Euro 5 amounts at $ 175 per liter, with which the price difference has widened and is now 36.61% ”, detailed the Energy specialists who make up the Technical Department and Road Infrastructure FADEEAC.
Source: Clarin
