A delegation from the National Administration of Ports (ANP) will travel to Paraguayan in mid-June with the aim of strengthening trade and port ties, so that Paraguayan merchandise can continue to arrive in transit to the port of Montevideo.
This is a second meeting in the negotiations to strengthen ties, after representatives of the National Administration of Navigation and Ports (ANNP) Paraguayan visited the country last week. On this occasion, the official mission led by the organization’s president, Juan Curbeloalso aims to maintain exchanges with private port stakeholders such as the Center for River and Maritime Shipowners (Cafym), the National Chamber of Commerce and Services, and the Paraguayan Industrial Union, among others.
A large majority of Paraguayan export merchandise in containers passes through Montevideowhile part of the bulk cargo stops at New Palmyra, an operation that has suffered damages after the application of a toll for the use of the Argentine Waterway. The Uruguayan port is where transshipments are made to overseas ships to be transported to their final destination.
In this sense, the official visit of Uruguay a Paraguay has the strategic objective of maintaining the fluidity of transit through Montevideo, both with the public and private sectors.
a presidential meeting
On Monday, the president Luis Lacalle Pou met with the Paraguayan president-elect, santiago pena, in the residence of Suarez and Reyesin a strategic meeting facing the historically common interests of both countries within the Mercosur.
The visit of the Colorado leader, elected in the neighboring country with 42% of the votes, is part of a series of meetings that the future president is holding with who will be his peers in the region, once he succeeds the current president. Mario Abdo Benitez.
Paraguay is from great importance for Uruguayan exports. According to the report of Uruguay XXI foreign trade balance sheet for the year 2022, it was one of the five leading countries with exports of 144 million dollars. Therefore, the rapprochement between Peña and Lacalle Pou is strategic from the outset.
The port of Fray Bentos, another alternative for Paraguayan merchandise
Since the end of February, the possibility that the port of Fray Bentos becomes a transshipment point in Uruguay for Paraguayan pulp, so that it can leave for international destinations.
Three months ago, President Lacalle Pou met with the mayor of Rio Negro, Omar Lafluf, and with the CEO of the Paraguayan company Paracel, Per Olofsson. to negotiate that possibility that would bring improvements in the port infrastructure as well as the opportunity to transport a cargo volume of 1.8 million tons per year on the first line.
Among the positive points highlighted behind this alternative for the pulp company are the possibility of expanding the Fray Bentos area, something that is not possible in other ports; as well as the logistics designed for the port in Río Negro.
Source: Ambito
