Merchants of Black river they complained to the president Luis Lacalle Pou that provides “solutions” to the “very serious” situation caused by the exchange difference with Argentina and asked for measures mainly to stop smuggling.
Guillermo Rosas, president of the Río Negro Business Association, referred to the price gap with the neighboring country, which is at an all-time high as a result of the escalation of the Dolar blue and admitted in dialogue with Subrayado that the panorama “is getting more complicated day by day.”
Roses took advantage of the president’s visit to the Young Agrarian Cooperative and gave him a letter with the concerns, while pointing out that the sector sees with concern “a lot of illegal merchandise crossing” and anticipated that they will ask the president “to see that the effort that is being made to control Customs is not sufficient”.
Although he said that “the main thing is the smuggling”, The merchant clarified that “there are many more things to talk about” and highlighted that “the local situation here is very serious.”
Contraband reaches medicines
In this context, from the Pharmacy Center of Uruguay They stated that more and more Uruguayans are crossing the border to bring medicines illegally and to obtain supplies in the case of chronic diseases, passing merchandise worth millions of dollars from the neighboring country.
The president of the CFU, Enrique Padial, He admitted that “at the beginning of the year there was a differentiating issue that was important,” but he did not hesitate to point out that “this was increasing due to the increase in the famous Dolar blue that didn’t stop going up.” Along these lines, he pointed out that a person who travels to Argentina You can bring medication for the entire year
Furthermore, since the Federation of Interior Doctors (FEMI) assured that something similar happens with people who cross the border for medical consultations, although this represents a problem because, when they return for treatment in the country, they do not have a complete medical history or information about medications or treatments received. .
Source: Ambito
