ROMA (ITALPRESS) – The war in Iran and tensions in the Strait of Hormuz are likely to become a new occult tax on small Italian companies. Not only great energy industries or international transport: to be affected are mainly the activities of proximity, those that every day enter the Italian homes, deliver products, maintain maintenance, technical assistance and local services. This is what emerges from an analysis of the NAC on the effects of petroleum, fuel and energy on micro and small enterprises.
According to the estimates of the Confederation, the average increase of oil can reach almost 1,000 euros a year for a craftsman with a van; about 1,900 euros a year for a micro enterprise with two vans; almost 2,900 euros a year for a micro enterprise with three vans; more than 1,600 euros a year for a NCC; about 2,000 euros a year for a taxi; more than 10 thousand euros a year for a small transport company. An extra cost ranging from 3 to 4 billion a year.
“The Gulf crisis – the President of CNA Dario Costantini underlines – entered directly in daily prices: from the maintenance of the boiler to the delivery of bread, from technical assistance to small yards. The impact concerns thousands of activities that cannot reduce travel because work coincides with mobility.”.
A planter runs on average 25-30 thousand kilometers per year; a maintenance technician also carries out 5-6 interventions per day; bakeries, laundries, ice cream shops and artisan laboratories must simultaneously support the increase of energy costs and deliveries. For an artisanal van that travels 30 thousand kilometers per year, with an average consumption of 11 kilometers per liter, the regrowth of the oil determines an attack of about 955 euros per year.
For an activity with three means, the account rises to almost 2,900 euros, a figure that can be equivalent to a monthly rent of the laboratory or a small shed. Even heavier the impact for those who live in kilometers. A NCC that travels 60 thousand kilometers per year can support more than 1,600 euros of additional costs; a taxi with 80 thousand kilometers per year arrives at about 2 thousand euros. For a small road haulage company, with a means that travels 120 thousand kilometers per year and consumes on average one liter every 4 kilometers, the aggravation exceeds 10,500 euros.
According to the NAC “the regions most exposed are those characterized by a strong presence of small enterprises spread over the territory and by high operational mobility: Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Tuscany, Piedmont, Abruzzo. These are territories in which the production model is based on networks of artisans, maintainers, installers, light transport and local chains who work daily “on rubber”“.
In Italy there are about 4.6 million light vans and commercial vehicles. If only half was affected by an average attack near the 1,000 euro annually, the overall impact of the oil tank would exceed 2 billion euros only for the greater cost of the fuel.
“The large industry can in part defend itself with structured energy contracts or logistic optimizations – CNA highlights – while small enterprises immediately suffer every increase in fuels and energy. For millions of artisans every van is becoming a travelling bill.”.
The Confederation therefore calls on the Government to take rapid steps to prevent international instability from being further involved in the competitiveness of Italian micro and small enterprises.
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