Venezuela owes Conaprole payment for dairy products exported in 2015. The claim is for 31.8 million dollars for exports unpaid and 30 million dollars for damage and damages.
The Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP), fernando mattoshad explained last March, when the lawsuit was filed, that the dairy company maintained that there was “a government guarantee that was granted at the time.”
How was the Conaprole agreement with Venezuela?
The agreement was forged during the government of the Broad Front (FA)in July 2015. The then minister tabare aguerreaccompanied by representatives of the private sector, announced a sales plan from Uruguay to Venezuela that included 90,000 tons of rice, 44,000 of powdered milk, 9,000 of chickens, 12,000 of cheeses, and 80,000 of soybeans.
Through the agreement, Uruguay committed to buy Petroleum Venezuelan and, in exchange, Caracas used these currencies to pay for the purchase of national food. The objective was to achieve a balance in the trade balance between the two countries.
“The money resulting from these sales will be deposited by Venezuela in a trust in the Uruguayan subsidiary of the transnational bank of that country. bandsas a letter of guarantee for the immediate collection of shipments of national merchandise”, was detailed in that conference.
Conaprole made its shipments and received part of it, but Venezuela, plunged into a deep economic crisis, was left owing 30 million dollars. In August 2021, the cooperative reported that it would initiate legal actions to collect the debt. And the lawsuit was filed in March 2022.
Source: Ambito
