The Minister of Economy, Luis Caputoa field exhibition visited on Wednesdayamid the expectation for the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and withholdings to the sector. There, the official ratified the Government’s course And he stressed that, despite world problems, Argentina “is fine” thanks to the new macroeconomic order.
“Before, if the world was cold, Argentina grabbed a strong flu. Now the opposite happens, the world has a lot of problems and we are fine because we have a macro order that we never had ”, The official said as he walked in the city of San Nicolás in the Expoagro 2025.
During his speech, Caputo recalled that at the beginning of the government’s mandate Javier Milei “The field could not plan absolutely anything” and that, in addition to high inflation, there were serious difficulties in accessing imported inputs and an exchange gap of 200%. “Today we are literally in another country”Caputo added, while listing the measures driven by the government to correct these macroeconomic imbalances.
In that line, the head of the Palace of Finance listed the measures promoted by the Government during the last year to stimulate the sector as the elimination of withholdings to pork and class cows, b, c, d, e; to the dairy industry; and regional economies.
He also added that they got off 25% The export rights of sheep, bovine, goat and poultry chains; 20% in the main crops, wheat, soy, corn, sorghum; And I know The import tariffs of irrigation machinery, fertilizers decreased tariffs. He also mentioned that the opening of 70 markets was achieved; the reopening of another 16 for different products; and that 290 standards were simplified or eliminated.
Before the producers, Caputo remarked that the government “It will never be diverted from the macro order and will always continue on this path that is to reduce spending to continue reducing inflation and taxes”. “We have come to get the foot out of the head to the private sector,” he said, while noting that he will continue “doing their best to simplify the producers of life and make work more profitable.”
“The measures brought positive consequences that are the ones we are seeing now: Meat exports were record of the last 100 years and exceeded 900 million tons”He emphasized.
Credit boom
The minister also pointed out that a Boom in credit applications by specifying that “in only one day and a half and only the National Bank He received requests to buy agricultural machinery for US $ 3,800 million When, in previous years, among all banks and after every day of exposure, that reached 2,000 million dollars. ”
Finally, Caputo said that “there are times when history changes and this is one of those moments.” In that line, the official launched: “I invite you to invest more than ever to recover the pride of being Argentines.”
Source: Ambito
