He Dolar blue hit a new all-time high again Argentina and while the price gap grows, the concern of merchants in the market also increases. coast, who view with concern the constant crossing of Uruguayans to make purchases taking advantage of the exchange difference.
He dollar The parallel market rose again in the neighboring country and reached 1,100 Argentine pesos, after the electoral result that confirmed a runoff between the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, and the candidate of La Libertad Avanza, Javier Milei.
In this way, the US currency skyrocketed by 22.2% daily in Argentine territory and the gap with the value of the official exchange rate reaches 214.2%, with a Dolar blue which accumulated an increase of 754 Argentine pesos in one year.
A price gap that worries coastal merchants
The growing price gap between both countries, which is at its historical maximum of 180%, generated concern among coastal merchants. In fact, the Río Negro Business Association Last week, he demanded measures to combat smuggling from President Luis Lacalle Pou, by delivering a letter during his visit to that department.
On the occasion, the sector admitted that there is “a lot of illegal merchandise crossing” from Argentina and anticipated that they will ask the president “to see that the effort being made to control Customs is not sufficient”.
Councilors and businessmen did the same. Salto and Paysandú, who demanded, among other measures, fiscal intervention, authorization of microimports and regulation of the price of fuels, with the aim of mitigating the exchange difference.
The policy echoed the exchange difference
The price gap the government is concerned about its tax impact in the coffers and in the last hours voices from the political leadership joined in on the matter. The senator Jorge Gandini He admitted the constant crossings and considered that “the Uruguayan commercial and productive sector ends up being unviable and ends up being a drama.”
However, the nationalist legislator admitted that there are also neighborhood associations that “ask for fewer controls because on the other side their salary yields more” and compared: “They are contradictory visions, but legitimate, where each person looks at what is useful to them.”
The mayor of Paysandú, Nicolás Olivera, who maintained that “the culprit” of the situation is the neighboring country and declared, thinking about the electoral issue: “As long as the problem is fixed, let anyone win.”
Source: Ambito
