Carriers in Portugal have already started raising their prices due to the increased cost of fuel. ANTRAM – the National Association of Public Goods Carriers – warned that this impact on prices could reach supermarkets within approximately one month.
The association also warned that Portuguese companies are losing competitiveness compared to their Spanish competitors. The problem stems from Spain maintaining an extraordinary diesel subsidy, which allows Spanish carriers to operate at lower costs.
This situation places Portuguese companies at a significant disadvantage in the Iberian market, where competition with Spain is intense. National carriers thus face double pressures: rising fuel costs and the lack of equivalent subsidies to those provided by the Spanish government.
