The Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) monitor the evolution of the entry of Imported products And, with concern, asks the government to exhibit the detail of the assets that enter to the country, according to tariff position.
“By the time the entrepreneur finds out that there is a shower of imports of the product that it manufactures, it is already late and has only to do”Thus, an industrial leader justifies the request of the entity that seeks to represent the manufacturing sector: a breakdown of those goods that come from abroad so that each company manages to draw a real business in the medium term.
He was transferred to three officials: to the Minister of Deregulation, Federico Sturzenegger; To the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo; and to the Secretary of Production Coordination, Pablo Lavigne.
In turn, yesterday the president of Industriales SMEs Argentinos (IPA), Daniel Rosato, He reiterated the request to the secretary of the small and medium enterprises (SME) Marcos Ayerrain the SME council. The demand has not yet acquired formal character, but they did clear to the official who is a Petition in Agendawith strong intentions to materialize it.
“What we propose urgent is a strategic plan to sustainable SME industrial development, considering that in Argentina the dollar costs are very high. The amount of 12,259 companies that closed from January 2024 to 2025, We are marking a very serious reality that generates a lot of concern throughout the industrial sector, ”says the leader.
Imports in detail: the request of the industry to anticipate business activity
At the beginning of the management of President Javier Milei, the industry wondered what the guidelines for the development of the sector would be. Now know: The government is oriented to a process of reconversion of the productive matrix based on the export sectors. The businessman who can, will be attached to this goal. He who will not be thrown to his fate.
Industrialists work with this idea fixed on the horizon and appeal to the registration of those measures that improve competitiveness in Argentina. “The one who cannot go to Neuquén (by Vaca Muerta), who tries to sell his product at the same price as the imported one,” understands a source in dialogue with this medium.
The initiative raised by UIA references aims, at least, to gain time. “In countries such as the United States, China or Russia, it is public information what enters the country, exactly. Here we ask for the same, so that thes companies are not the last to find out”, They allege in off.
Although the claim is not new, at least the last two government efforts are going through, entrepreneurs admit that it becomes relevant in a context of uncertainty marked by the “cheap dollar “ and the “Importer Opening”. These two factors, together with the Tax load and inflation in dollarsis baptized as a “Explosive Combo“For some industry referents.
In that sense, the UIA agenda urgently raises the reduction of the Tax pressureupdate of the scheme of Gross incomeelimination of municipal ratesand implementation of a Labor reformwith labor trials in the center of the scene.
“In some Iibb products it can represent almost 10% in the final price. Our goal is to get competitive at the price of the counter ”, synthesizes a source and introduces an approach that will involve more than one economic sector: to achieve this goal, one“Tax Redistribution”, Where the non -tradable goods pay, that is, mostly services.
In May, imports grew by 29% and the Balance surplus is shrink
According to INDEC, the Argentine commercial exchange in May was positivebut by a reduced margin.
The Exports They totaled US $ 7095 millionwhich represented an interannual fall of 7.4%driven by a 6.0% decrease in exported amounts and 1.5% in prices.
At the same time, the Imports They reached a total of US $ 6488 millionwhich represented an interannual increase in 29.4%attributed to a 39.4% increase in amounts, while prices recorded a 7% decrease.
However, the May Commercial Balance reported a surplus of US $ 608 millionbut when comparing it with the same month of the previous year, there is a Fall of US $ 2047 millionmainly because of the import rise.
“The commercial surplus of goods to May is only US $ 1900 million, While in 2024 he reached US $ 89 billion and is even below 2022 (US $ 3200 million). The drop in exports and sustained growth of imports increasingly complicate the current account balance of the year, ”warns the balancing economist, Laura Vernelli.
Daniel Molinaformer Undersecretary of Chubut Hydrocarbons, Second Petroleum Province after Neuquén, understands that “with the current exchange policy There is little range to accumulate dollarssince almost everything that enters, then it must be used to pay imports. ”
On the other hand, for financial analysts such as Nau Bernuésthe growth of imported products in the country should not generate concern because their income was not normalized in 2024 and are also necessary to increase investments. “The country is capitalized”, Says in his X account.
Source: Ambito
