“The Russian economy will have to experience a new wave of inflation in 2025 due to the problems of road freight carriers, which have faced rising costs, reduced tariffs and found themselves on the verge of massive bankruptcies.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
The Russian economy will have to experience a new wave of inflation in 2025 due to the problems of road freight carriers, which have faced rising costs, reduced tariffs and found themselves on the verge of massive bankruptcies. This is written by The Moscow Times with reference to “Izvestia”. Since the beginning of 2024, the costs of Russian transport companies have increased by approximately 30%, said the director general of the National Industrial Information Agency (NAPI) Tatyana Arabadzhi. “First of all, these are expenses for leasing payments, which are affected by the increase in the key rate, purchase of spare parts and maintenance of transport, purchase of fuel. At the same time, trucking rates have dropped by 13%,” she said.Advertisement: Rising costs have led truckers to return thousands of leased vehicles early and reduce their fleets. And in the coming year, from 10% to 15% of companies may leave the market, according to the president of the truck transport association “Gruzavtotrans” Volodymyr Matyagin. First of all, we are talking about small and medium-sized carriers. “Many members of our association openly say that they work on the edge of profitability. The growth of the key rate, which increases leasing payments, may very well be the last straw that will force carriers to wind down their business,” the expert said. Among the factors affecting the growth of costs, experts, in addition to a strict monetary policy, singled out an increase in the disposal fee, tightening of import conditions, financial capabilities and payment discipline of customers. This explains the problems of the ruble.