The four agrarian entities, united in the Liaison Tableexpressed their support and congratulations to the president-elect, Javier Milei, offering close collaboration to address the challenges that plague the country and the productive sector. With statements full of hope and positive expectationshighlighted the importance of addressing the lack of opportunities and restoring confidence in production.
Coninagro, In his statement, he highlighted the need for consensus to generate a favorable environment that favors genuine work. They mentioned the urgency of resolving key issues such as inflation, exchange rate delay and market liberalization to promote exports. In addition, they advocated for a comprehensive tax reform and the simplification of regulations to promote investments.
Nicolas Pino, president of the Argentine Rural Society, emphasized the opportunity a radical change in current policies and assured the support of the field to work together towards a more favorable scenario.
Carlos Achetoni of the Argentine Agrarian Federation, recognized the complexity of the problems and the need for broad consensus, offering support from his sector to face the challenges to come.
For its part, Carlos Castagnani of Argentine Rural Confederations, urged Milei to convene the productive sector to design agricultural policies and prioritize the elimination of taxes such as export duties.
He Argentine Agroindustrial Council He also joined the message of change and willingness to collaborate, urging an orderly transition and showing himself ready to contribute to the construction of a better future.
Together, these entities expressed their willingness to work hand in hand of the new government, seeking concrete solutions and a favorable environment for the growth and development of the country.
What does Milei plan to do with the retentions to the field?
The president-elect said today that the elimination of withholdings on agricultural exports is part of his government, but he clarified that first he must “reopen the exchange market” after “fixing the balance sheet problems of the central bank in terms of “Leliqs.”
“It is within our program to move towards a process of elimination of withholdings, but for that it is essential to reopen the exchange market and to do so it can only be done by fixing the problem of the balance of the Central Bank in terms of the Leliqs,” Milei said in an interview with radio Continental.
Although Milei had already promised on several occasions to begin a process of eliminating Export Duties, which in the case of the soy is from 33%, Meanwhile in wheat and corn is 12% and in beef 9%, the changes “will not be done immediately,” according to his statements.
On the electoral platform of Freedom Advances (LLA) “reforms” are proposed structural grassroots, starting with the deep tax reforms and those related to greater efficiency of the sanitary, phytosanitary and related controls”.
In this framework it is considered “urgent” the possibility of eliminating “all distortive taxes, starting with export duties – withholdings – and continuing with those they reduce competitiveness such as gross income, bank debits and credits; as well as the value added tax, which should not contain withholding and perception regimes that have denatured its tax-neutral characteristic”.
Source: Ambito
