Through provision 3/2022 published today in the Official Gazette, the Ministry of Industry opened the new Prodepro call, and potential beneficiaries will have time to register until April 15 or until the budget item is exhausted.
The Program promotes investments in companies that supply industrial goods and services, in order to generate local capacities in strategic sectors that increase competitiveness and technologythat allow substituting imports and reaching foreign markets in goods and services with high added value.
This call will allow companies in the health sectors; mining and hydrocarbons; railway, naval, aerospace, sustainable mobility; auto parts and motorcycle parts; defense and security; industry 4.0; and green technologies, request Non-Reimbursable Contributions (ANR) of up to $60 million.
In turn, it will grant credits with subsidized rates of up to 10 percentage points, destined for the purchase of capital goods, technology, software, molds and dies, and certification of industrial products and processes.
Likewise, projects that incorporate Industry 4.0 solutions or that contemplate gender perspectives will be able to access additional benefits; while those that are associative between a client and its supplier may have ANRs of up to $100 million.
In addition, the chosen projects will also be able to count on technical assistance through the services offered by the National Institute of Industrial Technology (INTI), to improve the capacity and quality of their production processes.
Since its relaunch in 2020, the program has assisted 270 projects in 14 provinces for $6.29 billion in contributions and $600 million in rate rebates, driving investments of $18.25 billion.
This support contributes to the further industrialization of the country, to diversify the internal productive matrix, to the promotion of exports, technological modernization and to create quality employment opportunities.
Source: Ambito
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