According to General Resolution 5490/2024 published this Monday in the Official Gazette, “the high inflation context that the country is going through requires the implementation of various measures that allow mitigate its effects on the most vulnerable sectors”.
In that sense, it establishes that this measure is promoted with the objective of “reduce the import tax burden of a basket of basic necessities in order to generate aa reduction in the prices of said productsas continuity of the economic policy established by the National Administration aimed at reducing inflation”.
That, by virtue of the above, it is appropriate to modify the aforementioned general resolutions, except for a period of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) calendar days, of the regime for the collection of value added tax and income tax.
Inflation: the data that the Government looks at
The food prices They rose 6.9% in fifteen days and 3.3% during the second week of March, according to a private consulting firm. This figure reflected a slight decline of 0.3 percentage points, compared to the previous 7 days.
Meanwhile, in the last four weeks, basic basket products had an average increase of 11.6% and 11.2% from end to end in the same period, according to the latest weekly report from the consulting firm LCG.
In the second week of March, the drinks and the ready-to-go meals were the items that increased the most, with an increase of 8.77% and 5.69%, respectively. They followed him breaded and the dairy with 4.35% and 2.93%.
According to the survey, the drinks was the item that most influenced weekly inflationsince they explained 38% of the rise. According to the consultant LCGonly three of the 10 categories analyzed were located above of the weekly average, which was 3.3%.
According to the survey, the foods registered a average inflation of the 11.6% in the last four weeks. Meanwhile, basic basket products rose 11.2% measured from end to end in the same period.
Over the last four weeks, three from 10 categories surveyed showed increases greater than 11%.
- Condiments and other food products: 20.1%;
- Dairy and eggs: 17.4%;
- meats: 11.7%;
- Sugar: 10.6%;
- Bread, cereals and pasta: 10.2%;
- Drinks and infusions: 9.9%;
- Vegetables: 9.6%;
- Fruits: 9.1%;
- Meals ready to go: 9%;
- Oils: 6.4%.
Source: Ambito
