Although judicial decisions opened the roads for circulation of vehicles in some states yesterday, companies continued to report losses and difficulties in logistics operations resulting from the demonstrations.
“We have complaints from customers who are not receiving our products,” said Sergio Macedo yesterday. Macedo is industrial vice president of Vilma Alimentos, a traditional Minas Gerais manufacturer of flour and pasta noodles. The company, he said, faces two problems: drivers who are unable to return from the roads to reload, and those who have gone out to make deliveries and are stopped. “There is no solution, we just have to wait.”
Macedo also said that the blockages have caused an impact of more than R$ 1 million to Vilma Alimentos in two days. The daily invoicing which is usually R$ 2.2 million was R$ 1.4 million on Monday and R$ 1.7 million on Tuesday.
The cheese bread maker, Forno de Minas, is considering readjusting delivery routes if the roads protests continue, says José Gorgulho, logistics manager of the company. The headquarters is located in Contagem, in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte, and the fresh and frozen dough goes from there to the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro – stretches that are among those which most often face blockages for truckers.
Usiminas has also been hit by protests. By means of a note, it reported that “the flow of products suffered impacts due to blockages of truckers that occurred in recent days, with delays in final delivery.” “The company seeks solutions to meet customer needs,” says the text.
The Federation of Industries of the State of Minas Gerais (Fiemg) as of yesterday had not calculated the impact of protests in the production and distribution of products and supplies on the roads in the state. But it noted that those most affected have been the food industry, the distribution of fuel, steel and electronics resale, which generally have low inventory in stores.
Paranapanema, a manufacturer of copper products, has also not been immune. According to company president, Edson Monteiro, as Paranapanema always has loads to deliver at various locations, it is subject, like other companies, to having part of its deliveries affected by road blocks. The company has industrial production units in Dias D’Ávila (BA) and Santo André (SP), and customers in various regions of the country.
The Federal Revenue Department extends the period of service by two hours at the dry port of Uruguaiana (RS) on the border between Brazil and Argentina, to normalize the flow of trucks between the two countries. Nearly 300 trucks were parked at the end of yesterday afternoon in the truck yard and on the roads leading to the dry port, which receives an average of 500 vehicles per day
Source: Value OnLine | Companies | BR