Representatives of the terminals nucleated in the Automotive Factory Association (ADEFA) They visited the Ministry headquarters to dialogue with the head of the National Economic Team. Over there They highlighted the numbers of the first five months of the yearin which there was an outstanding increase in performance.
The meeting was attended by the head of ADEFA, Martín Zuppi, the presidents of the automotive terminals and the Secretary of Productive Coordination, Pablo Lavigne. In addition to analyzing the initial period of 2025, the main themes of the agenda were also reviewed and analyzed the perspectives and opportunities in the medium and long term.
ADEFA managers asked Luis Caputo tax improvements
According to a statement from ADEFA, Zuppi thanked “The space for dialogue and accompaniment” by the national authorities and presented the main indicators of the automotive industry “that reflect the positive impact of the recently implemented measures”.
“The main variables have been registering better results at the end of 2024 and better to those projected for the year. In the case of the internal market, a solid behavior with growth of 88% in the first four -month period and an estimated order of the 620,000 units for exercise 2025 “, The manager detailed.
At the meeting, the productive-export profile of the automotive sector was discussed and discussions were raised about possible improvements to strengthen sale abroad. According to official figures, it is the first export industrial complex in the country thanks to the fact that it contributes 47% of the total industrial (MOI) manufactures (MOI) and 65% of those destined for Brazil.
According to the statement of ADEFA, It was analyzed “the possibility of advancing on a joint agenda focused on actions that strengthen production and exports”, in an international context that qualify as “challenging.” To underpin the sector, tax improvements demanded that government allow international competitiveness.
Automotive managers highlighted Caputo The potential of the sector “To accompany the growth of the projected economy for the remainder of the year and 2026”and emphasized the impulse that will be given the projects that are already underway and those that will be carried out in the short term but already have concrete investment plans.
Automotives highlighted the government plan to motorize sales in dollars
In addition, within the framework of the meeting, the measures implemented by the National Government also highlighted “To motorize sales in dollars, in cash or in quotas”, a proposal that accompanies the plan of Javier Milei and Caputo of “Reconetize” The economy by deregulation of controls on the use of dollars of the mattress.
In the middle of May, Caputo received Ford managers in economics. Among its interlocutors was the president of Ford Latin America, Martín Galdeano. In the meeting he raised executives the possibility of selling vehicles with dollars.
Galdean anticipated Caputo The next investments that will be making at the plant that Ford Argentina has in the province of Buenos Aires and also spoke about the “Reconetization in dollars “, in particular, the possibility of Finance in dollars the sale of vehicles. “It is an initiative that the Government raised, but we have nothing to announce at this time,” they clarified from the company at that time to this medium.
Days later, the minister announced the plan to promote the use of “Dollars in the pig” by deregulation of controls. “We can divide it into two parts. Below $ 50 million per month, each person can spend their savings without problems Because Arca does not receive that information. “
This is what they call the plan for whiten and allow use in the domestic market for the calls “Mattress dollars”the currencies that many Argentines have saved for decades outside the conventional financial system. After the meeting, Caputo stressed that “Everyone who sells in quotas in dollars will have an important leap in their demand.”
Source: Ambito
