Consumers endorse Frozen Prices, but warn about auctions in products outside the basket

In the same way they pointed out their “concern about the inflationary escalation on the rest of the products not covered by said agreements and plans, and to resolve in a concerted manner the continuation of a program that allows to continue guaranteeing internal consumption as of January 8 and subsequent times “.

Through a statement and along the lines of Feletti, they highlighted the need to decouple local prices from international ones. “The international increase in food prices amounted to values ​​not seen for a decade and is the highest since July 2011, according to FAO “.

Thus they underlined that “this has a direct impact on the Argentine economySince, since ours is a food-producing country, it is imperative to create mechanisms that allow domestic prices to be decoupled from international ones. “

“That is, if an effective device is not generated to supply the domestic market at affordable prices for the average income of Argentines and Argentines, the extractivist logic of the market tends that – due to good international prices – producers and traders choose for selling abroad, or in the country, but at the closest possible price to that paid by the world market, the largest possible amount of production, generating supply problems, shortages and prices in the local economy, “the organizations warned.

That is why they indicated that “a three-term equation must be consolidated, in which domestic market supply, exports and business profitability are balanced to the benefit of all and to the detriment of no one”, and they assured that “that is perfectly possible and in that management we want to work and seek the solution in the immediate and long term. “

The Secretary of Internal Commerce, Roberto Feletti, Last November, it received the consumer associations that make up the Consumers Advisory Council, to establish joint lines of work and collaborate with the citizen control of the prices of the goods of the + Prices Care program.

At that time, the representatives of more than 40 consumer associations, who participated both in person and remotely, expressed their support for the pricing policies in favor of workers and their willingness to collaborate in the articulation with the State for its implementation.

Among the entities that signed today’s statement are the associations for the Defense of the Rights of Users and Consumers (Adduc), and of Consumers and Users of Argentina (Adecua), Free Consumers, Defense of Users and Consumers (Deuco), Proconsumer, and representative organizations of the provinces of Catamarca, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Jujuy, La Rioja, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Salta and Tucumán.