He Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) received the Association of Meat Distributors and Importers of Uruguay (Adicu), in a new chapter of the controversy over supply in the poultry market and the price of chicken in the country.
From Adicu They assured that there are shortages of poultry meat and increases above the inflation, although the Uruguayan Chamber of Poultry Processors (Cupra) He denied this situation and maintained that there are no sustained increases.
In this framework, members of Adicu they went to MGAP and they spoke with the undersecretary Juan Ignacio Buffa to request that you increase the quota of poultry meat that is allowed to import. Among the arguments, they stated that this measure could help lower consumer prices.
The government promised to analyze whether it gives rise to the importers’ complaint or maintains the quota, agreeing with the producers.
It is that since Cupra They pointed out in a letter that “there is no shortage of product in the national market and even less a sustained increase in the price of chicken in recent months, as butchers and distributors declare,” insists the letter from the chamber of poultry processors.
In this regard, the executive director of Cupra, Frederick Stanhamreferred to the data recorded by the INAC and the INE. “Both the slaughter and the prices remained in line with the usual behavior of this product in the market,” he insisted and specified that the price of chicken increases and decreases in cycles of 3 to 4 months throughout the year.
Cabildo Abierto will present a request for reports
In the context of the conflict, the deputy of Open Town Hall, Álvaro Perrone, He anticipated that he will present a request for reports to the MGAP to provide details and assured that “an import opening measure greatly affects Uruguayan producers.”
At a press conference, Perrone He assured that “the concern comes from the national poultry chain” and stated days ago that there are “intentions of the ministry, through the complaints of importers, to open a new window for chicken imports, alluding to the fact that the price has risen.” .
Along these lines, he contrasted that the producers “say that the price has not increased, there is no verification of that and there is a good stock of national product.” For this reason, he asked to see “the measurement that the MGAP regarding the evolution of the price to open imports”, discriminating by cut.
Source: Ambito
