The exchange rate delay deteriorates competitiveness, they warn from the field

The exchange rate delay deteriorates competitiveness, they warn from the field

For the Rural Federation it is “a determining factor” that affects the sector. In addition, they demand the elimination of a tax.

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The Rural Federation charged against the exchange rate delay in Uruguay when considering that it represents “a determining factor that deteriorates competitiveness” in the sector, when questioning the government headed by the president Luis Lacalle Pou, during the 106th Annual Congress of the entity.

The outgoing president of the entity, Martin Uria, also demanded that the national administration eliminate the 1% tax on livestock, as promised. However, he thanked the measures taken to “alleviate the situation” due to the worst drought in a century and urged them to “strengthen” those tools.

Through a communiqué by way of proclamation of the Rural Federation, read by secretary Xavier Falco, The association valued “the measures adopted” against the drought, although he asked for more tools “for productive reactivation.” For this, he requested “to adjust bureaucratic times to the needs of production.”

At the same time, he referred to the water crisis and asked both the “political system” and the “agricultural institutions” to move forward with initiatives that have the “water use from the country”.

The claim of the field for greater competitiveness

From the federation they asked the government to carry out reforms to enable a “more competitive”, framework in which they talked about the situation of the dollar. In this sense, they considered that “the exchange rate delay existing is a determining factor that deteriorates the competitiveness” of the sector.

That loss of competitiveness It was also questioned by the industrial sector, to which is added the warning for the risk it represents for labor sources. It is worth noting that the dollar closed the week in 38,799 pesos, without reaching the floor 39 pesos and far from the value they consider appropriate, of 40 pesos.

The field also criticized the Conaprole union

Falco also took aim at the Conaprole union, considering that the forceful measures it is promoting are “extortive practices” and condemned them for considering that they “harm” the cooperative and the producers.

The rural representative thus alluded to the union conflict that began when the company invested in the Rodriguez to incorporate packaging machines, with capacity of 15,000 liters per hour of long life milk. The advent of technology made the company seek to reschedule shifts and ways of working, which met with resistance from the union.

Source: Ambito

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