Mass consumption companies will guarantee supply (there is debate about prices)

Mass consumption companies will guarantee supply (there is debate about prices)

From the private sector, they expressed concern about the restrictions that govern access to the Single Free Exchange Market. “The focus was on imports and possible supply problems. The officials took note of the problems of each of the companies and promised to give concrete answers. It was decided to exchange information on these points and meet again”, they explained from one of the firms with a lot of weight in the food and beverage segment.

In the Government they recognize that the new monitoring scheme can bring difficulties and point to fine tuning. “It is important to continue giving continuity to the supply chain. We are working side by side with the Central Bank and the Ministry of Economy to plan and survey what inputs are necessary to not stop industrial recovery,” Scioli said at the end of the meeting.

As this medium learned, From the economic cabinet they communicated to the industry that relief for imports will arrive sooner than expected. In July and August, they could announce measures aimed at normalizing the situation. Ante, that commitment would operate a kind of “give and take”. More imports, less remarks and more supply. The first stop of this scheme could revolve around an authorization to pay immediately for merchandise that was already in transit when the Central Bank announced the new regulations.

Following the order of the value chain, after meeting with the industrialists, the minister received executives from the large supermarket chains. from the industry they expressed concern about the price lists they received with increases during the first week of July. In that period, 34.8% of the products surveyed by the Eco Go consulting firm showed variations. According to the same report, food inflation moved at a rate of 2% in the first seven days and the projected rate for the entire month climbed to 6.2%.

As explained from the United Supermarkets Association (ASU) “During the meeting, the current situation of the Care Prices program was reviewed and it was urged to work to strengthen early warning detection mechanisms in the short term to inform the Secretariat of possible shortages in critical categories. In addition, the low levels of merchandise delivery by the industry were emphasized and a joint work agenda was agreed for the future”.

All the legs of the table, which is made up of supermarkets, manufacturers and the Government, highlighted the climate of dialogue. However, the tensions exist and are marked by concrete limitations: the lack of dollars. The administration needs this scarce good, so it appears at the top of the priorities. There will be no positive performance of any economic variable that can avoid shortages of any basic product.

Source: Ambito

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