Guild of Transporters Calls on Government to Eliminate Specific Tax on Fuels | National



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Carriers' corporations are on the alert for rising fuel prices, asking the government to remove the specific tax.

The Executive does not permanently exclude the petition, saying it was not necessary to have future mobilizations.

Until La Moneda, truckers arrived, grouped together in the National Confederation of Freight Transportation, to meet with the Minister of the Interior, Andrés Chadwick, and his concern over the steady rise in price of the species, which, during the day of this Thursday, presented its eighth consecutive increase.

After the meeting, the president of the organization, Sergio Perez, said that there was "a serious problem to Enap" for which he proposed to the executive to establish a variability between the value of the liter and that of the oil, every three months and not every week. In addition, he questioned the fuel price stabilization mechanism (Mepco).

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For his part, the President of the National Confederation of Truck Owners, Juan Araya said that the ruling guild considered Mepco as a good instrument and that it will be this Saturday when it will meet in Rancagua to discuss the fuel tax and specific variations that took place on last time. ] https://media.biobiochile.cl/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cua-combust-araya.mp3

Demonstrations took place during the morning of Friday in front of the Ministry of Finance, point Departure Groups of taxi drivers, accompanied by a group of parliamentarians, protested against rising fuels.

One of the leaders of the National Confederation of Collective Taxis, Luis Contreras, asked the government to abolish the specific tax.

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On the demand side, the Minister of Finance, Felipe Larraín, did not categorically eliminate it.

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In addition, the National Confederation of Truck Owners stated that there may be manifestations in the case that fuels continue to increase and are not given solutions.

Formerly, Minister of the Interior, Andrés Chadwick, argued that paralysis was not necessary .

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The rise of the last week corresponds to the rise of 5.8 pesos of 39 petrol 93.97 octane and diesel, while kerosene rose 20.7 pesos.

According to the January 3 report to date, gasoline accumulates an increase of by more than 100 pesos in the year. That of 93 octanes, 109 pesos and that of 97, 104 pesos according to publications of Enap.

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