To the discontent of the merchants for the damage caused by the exchange difference with Argentina, in the department of Leap the high statistics of unemployment, as part of the same problem. To solve it, the Minister of Labor and Social Security, Paul Mieresadvanced in the last hours that “there will be news soon”.
The chief confirmed that “there will be some announcements”, although some details remain. “They are at the work table, they have to do with the situation of improve competitiveness”, he added.
Mieres, who met with different sectors of Salta, highlighted: “We took concrete proposals from reduction of IMESI to fuelthe possibility of some special unemployment insurance scheme for the coast, the problem of contraband control. We are convinced that it is necessary to give answers. There will be news soon.”
Unemployment in the departments of Salto, Río Negro, Artigas and Paysandú exceeds in all cases 10%, According to the latest data from National Statistics Institute (INE). “The difference in prices is brutal, getting worse, and what is serious is that we do not know the term to revert“said the minister.
Still, Mieres warned that in addition to “situational problem” Linked to the exchange rate gap and competitiveness with Argentina, there is also a “structural problem”, because “the employment data in Salto has been less good than in the rest of the country for a long time”.
The government will lower the Imesi in fuels due to the exchange gap with Argentina
Given that the border law did not seem to have been enough to alleviate the comparative disadvantage of merchants on the coast, in recent days it was learned that the government is considering lowering the Imesi on fuels, which could be announced next week.
In this way, it seeks to discourage people who cross the border to obtain this much cheaper product in Argentina and, meanwhile, purchase other products at a considerably lower price.
Although the magnitude of the discount is still unknown, the possibilities contemplate a reduction of 35% or 40%, when the current discount is 30% and is applied in service stations that are within a maximum radius of 20 kilometers from the steps land border with Argentina.
In a liter of super gasoline, the Imesi represents a charge of 19.77 pesos (27.5%) of the retail price, which today is 71.89 pesos. The refund of 30% of this tax implies a discount of 5.93 pesos per liter of this product and is applied only to payments with debit and credit cards. Stationers and merchants have proposed that it also apply to cash payments.
Source: Ambito
