The standard only covers the big players in the market. In the case of commerce, those that exceed $5,945 million in annual turnover, and in the case of industries, $7,046 million, which are the maximum limits set by the SME law for companies to be considered within that group.
One thing to keep in mind is that When the SIPRE was created, its validity was designed to last the same as the economic emergency, originally until December 2020. But the Government extended the rule year by year, the last time a few days ago, until the end of 2023. In this case, Tombolini decided to unlink that information system from the emergency, so that it remains independent.
With this, the Ministry of Commerce seeks to deepen the controls on the quantities of merchandise, to have a better follow-up and avoid shortages in supermarkets within the framework of the Fair Prices Program.
This group of companies also had to report its stocks as of December 2020 and 2021. The Secretary of Commerce also established that this type of information, which until now it was like a kind of photo of the last day of each year, go to January. The unit in charge of Tombolini, with this type of controls, tries to prevent big players from withholding merchandise waiting for a possible price increase in the framework of the inflationary acceleration of the last weeks.
Until now, most of the estimates of private consultants indicate that in January there was a rise in prices that would be close to 6% per month, especially due to the impact on the index that the value of beef will have.
In that context, Economy Minister Sergio Massa and Tombolini announced last Friday a relaunch of the Fair Prices program. that it involves more than 482 companies from various sectors and more than 49,932 products with an average price guideline of 3.2% per month and will be in force from February to June 30. In this sense, the Government developed, together with Amazon and Arsat, a panel to monitor compliance with voluntary agreements, which processes 15,000,000 daily data uploaded by companies voluntarily and provides an overview of compliance and non-compliance . Sources from the supermarket sector told Ámbito that the program is being carried out among the large chains, although they warn that there may be a shift in sales to the detriment of smaller shops and self-services who do not access it.
One point to take into account in relation to the expansion of products in the price systems agreed with the Government is that In the last survey of INDEC in December 2022, this type of program expressed only 2.88% of the surveyed products, while a year ago, Care Prices represented 12.23% of the sample.which indicates that there was a gradual abandonment by the companies of the voluntary agreements.
school basket
Meanwhile, the Secretary of Commerce announced that this year a basket of 300 school products will be launched that will also have an increase of 3.2% until June, for the start of classes. The Fair Prices offer includes school supplies and clothing and the points of sale will be supermarkets and affiliated bookstores.
Source: Ambito
