Ukrzaliznytsia’s arguments for increasing cargo tariffs are absurd,

Ukrzaliznytsia took the initiative to increase the tariff for freight transportation by 37%. In its statement, the company presented a number of arguments about the need for this decision, but these arguments are mostly manipulative, and sometimes even absurd, and do not take into account the state of Ukrainian industry and the economy as a whole, writes GMK Center.

Analysts point out: the main argument of Ukrzaliznytsia for the need to increase tariffs is the increase in costs since the last indexation, and the fact that the industrial producer price index increased by 176.4%.

“However, such a motivation is absurd. It is the increase in tariffs of state monopolies and Ukrzaliznytsia that causes an increase in prices for industrial producers – since logistics costs increase and to cover them, business raises prices for…