With the increase of salinity of drinking water In the metropolitan area, due to the water crisis, the government announced a new measure that has to do with the interest rates on imports that would be exonerated on bottled water.
The Secretary of the Presidency, Alvaro Delgadoinformed the press that the Ministry of Economy authorized the purchase of imported bottled water with tax exemption, exceptionally due to the current situation. During the day, the authorities will define the method to carry out this process.
Bottled water sales tripled
According to a company study scanntech, who worked on the number of tickets that include bottled water in Montevideo and Cannelloni, the sale of bottled water tripled year-on-year so far in May.
In this sense, they discovered that the number of tickets that include this product doubled in May, and that consumers assigned a 30% more budget for the purchase of water as a measure to avoid the increase of sodium and chloride in OSE water, on the one hand; but also to reduce the consumption of running drinking water in a context in which the The country’s reserves are at record low levels.
Supplier companies work 100%
Meanwhile, the main water supply companiesboth natural and mineralized, they work at 100% of their production to cover the exponential increase in demand without stock breaks occurring in local businesses.
Logistics is also in full swing to be able to supply the population, such as at the peak of the summer season, when the consumption peaks of this product. However, the majority of people cannot find water to buy in the usual shops in the area and they have to visit several.
From the Federation of Beverage Workers (Foeb) They told Underlined that they work double shifts and with practically no days off to be able to meet the consumption of the population that made OSE water with the bottled water.
The situation is corroborated by the merchants, who account for a logic of advance reservation of drums to ensure personal supply.
Source: Ambito
