Over the last twenty-five years, Sardinian companies have suffered an estimated 30% loss of competitiveness, resulting in overall economic losses of approximately 350 million euros per year .
The problem is that 98% of goods entering and leaving Sardinia travel by sea , resulting in logistics costs 40% higher than in the rest of the country. This is the cost of insularity, but also of the political choice not to fully implement the 2001 Attili law on territorial continuity, which would have guaranteed reasonable prices for freight transport. This is a national law, also because maritime continuity is a state responsibility. And today the Region is requesting a consultation with Rome, so as to develop a model tailored to the island's real needs.
Businesses are on their knees. Coldiretti, Confindustria, and the entire regional supply chain—from transportation to trade associations to large-scale retail—have been denouncing this, well before the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. These are the entities now part of the Ambassadors of Sardinia network, bringing a simple request: obtain concrete tools to offset the effects of insularity and guarantee the island equal growth opportunities with the rest of Italy. In essence, implement the Attili Law.
