NewsWhore
03-24-2008, 08:50 PM
The country's truck drivers are now paying twice the amount they used to pay for diesel fuel just a few years ago. The new reality is not lost on truckers who transport produce from places like Constanza and Mao. Fuel bills that were once RD$1,500 per trip are now over RD$3,000, leaving limited scope for profit. One trucker told Hoy reporter Franklin Avila that he just about breaks even with a load of onions from Constanza, whereas before, say two years ago, a profit of RD$20,000 was not out of the question. According to the truckers consulted for the article, the downturn in the economy is another factor that is lowering their profit margins. Pedro Guzman, a plantain trucker from Moca, said that there are times when profits are limited to one or two hundred pesos.
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