The president of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA), Daniel Funes de Rioja, He insisted on the need for the ruling and opposition to advance in the treatment in EThe Congress of lEy SMEthe main instrument that the sector would have to improve its competitiveness before the Opening of Imports
“We do not want concessions, we want balance, that The court swing, ”said Funes de Rioja in statements to Ambito. In that sense, the head of the UIA insisted on requesting the Government to be generated “A frame that allows to compete” to industrial companies due to the highest income of finished products from abroad.
Remember that recently The Government announced tariff sales for the importation of clothing and textiles, claiming that prices in Argentina are 300% more expensive than in Spain.
The SME law rests in Congress
In November last year, I entered Congress the project of SME Law of the ruling party that includes measures to stimulate the investments of small businessesbut that also includes most of the work chapter of the DNU70/2023 that is currently braking by a judicial ruling.
Not more than a month ago when the Minister of EconomyLuis Caputo, He visited the industrialists at their headquarters in Avenida de Mayo, who was promised that the government I was not going to do anything “to unbalance the court”. However, several import opening measures continued to be taken, while el Bill still does not treatment in Congress.
Funes de Rioja reported that the Central Fabrile has already claimed the main leaders of the Legislative Blocks that the norm is “This is this period” Although it is an electoral year in which parliamentary activity decreases and in general, it is politically speculated with the possible costs.
Funes de Rioja: “It is a transcendental law”
In that sense, the head of the UIA indicated that in the face of the current situation “No one can be alien,” Meanwhile he assured that the SME law “It is a law without ideology” and described it as “transcendental.”
In addition to this, he indicated that “LA macro economic stabilization must be accompanied by other instruments ” that allow giving greater competitiveness to national companies.
In that sense, he said that the important thing about the SME law “They are not just fiscal aspects”, but also attacks the question of labor informality. ”
Declaration of the Board of Directors of the UIA
The Board of Directors of the UIA, which is the driving body that includes cameras and centrals in the interior of the country, insisted on its last meeting to highlight “The importance of the Investment and Employment Promotion Law for small, medium and large companies” in the National Congress “.
“The project was announced by the National Government last November, during the UIA Industrial Conference, and includes tax benefits, DELEVATION OF EXPORT RIGHTS FOR INDUSTRIAL GOODS, ANTICIPATED RETURN OF VAT AND OTHERS WITH FOCUS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM COMPANIES, And he has had UIA proposals since his announcement, ”said the Board after its last meeting.
A recent report by the Confederation of Industrial Trade Unions of the Argentine Republic (CSIRA) warns that during 2024 some 2,300 companies were closed and more than 100,000 layoffs were recorded.
SME Law Labor Chapter
In addition to incorporating much of the provisions of the DNU 70 labor chapter, the standard includes a new mechanism that puts limit to the coast of labor judgments, that today are a source of high uncertainty for companies.
For this case, it is established that The coast of the trial cannot exceed 25% of the ruling and it is provided that the interest rate to update at the time the sentence is effective cannot pass from annual inflation plus 3%.
The initiative also allows Non -remunerative benefits They can include food, cellular, internet, gyms and transportation bonds, among other points.
Source: Ambito
