A report that challenges the settled idea that Argentina's logistics problem is explained by its dependence on trucking. Around 88% of domestic freight measured in tonne-kilometres moves by road, yet international comparison shows that this concentration, on its own, does not predict performance: New Zealand relies on trucks more than Argentina does and ranks forty-seven places higher in the World Bank index. What organises the system is distance —rail only becomes competitive beyond 200 to 400 kilometres— together with the conditions under which trucks operate: infrastructure, intermodality, fleet age, input costs, port and customs times, digitalisation and regulatory stability. The guidelines it proposes aim at complementarity between modes rather than at modal split targets.
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