ANTT publishes a new table with minimum freight values

The National Agency for Land Transport (ANTT) released Friday a new table with a minimum cargo floor. The revision of the values ​​is provided for in the National Policy for the Carriage of Loads on the Minimum Loading Floor, established by Law 13.703 of 2018, whenever the price of diesel on the national market oscillates to more than 10%

the law, the publication of the new table must be made until the 20th of January and the 20th of July of each year, ie the valid values ​​for the semester.

The minimum freight policy was one of the truckers' claims that paralyzed the roads of all. the country in May of last year. The law specifies that the minimum freight floors must reflect the total transport operating costs defined and disclosed in the ANTT, with a prioritization of costs for diesel and tolls.

According to legislation, the table should: reduce the minimum levels for the kilometer traveled by the loaded axle, taking into account the distances and specificities of the loads, as well as the spreadsheet used to obtain the minimum floors.

Despite the publication of this Wednesday, the Federal Justice of Brasilia has accepted an injunction filed by the Federation of Industries of São Paulo (Fiesp) and suspended the application of the road freight tariff to affiliated entities to the entity . The decision was provisional and was signed on 7 January by Judge Márcio de França Moreira of the 8th Federal District Court

. This decision prohibited ANTT from imposing fines for non-compliance with the company transport tariff. affiliated with Fiesp. The call is likely to appeal. Judge Márcio de França Moreira understood that the treatment of the provisional measure adopted last year by then President Michel Temer posed legal problems. He put in place the minimum price policy.