The Government’s objective is to speed up negotiations to extend the Fair Prices program, in addition to the basket of cuts at popular prices.
The Government decided to suspend for 15 days the meat exports. The measure was taken pending a price agreement that brings together the main refrigerators in the country.
The Government’s objective is to speed up negotiations to extend the Fair Prices program, in addition to the basket of cuts at popular prices. Once an agreement is reached with the businessmen, exports will resume.
Both parties are expected meet this Wednesday to establish a new scale of values. This Tuesday, the same day that the inflation index for the month of July will be known, is also the expiration date of the agreement that sets prices without increases for a certain amount of time to combat inflation.
From the main refrigerators they assure that, for the moment, the same prices as last week are maintained since on Friday they had already received new permitted increases. At a minimum, they impose on the Government that the next increase is based on 9% per month.
“The industrial sector confirmed that if there is a suspension of exports there will be suspension of personnel for 15 days. This is not only going to generate bad humor in today’s society, but also unemployment. The fact that they do not export does not mean that the prices of the internal market will change,” he said. Miguel Schiariti, President of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Meats (Ciccra) in dialogue with Ambit.
Source: Ambito
