The president of the UEU, Facundo Márquez, assured that he views “very favorably” the measures taken by the government of the neighboring country on imports.
The Uruguayan exporters They admitted their agreement with the measures taken by the government of Argentina with respect to the imports and celebrated “the end of discretion,” in reference to the SIRAs.
He president of the Union of Exporters of Uruguay (UEU), Facundo Márquez, expressed himself in these terms in dialogue with EFE, pointing out that “from the point of view of the direct export of products from Uruguay toward Argentina, We view the elimination of SIRAs very favorably, because it eliminates a discretion that was seriously affecting us.”
Since the new government of the president Javier Milei announced the replacement of the Import System of the Argentine Republic (SIRA) with a new “statistical and information system that will not require prior approval of licenses”, which could strengthen Uruguayan exports.
For Marquez, The end of “those discretionary permits” means that importers of Argentina and the country’s exporters must now “agree” on trade prices to advance operations.
The president of the UEU He stressed that “this ends the discretion and guarantees the transparency of the approval process of the imports, and then summarize: “Whoever wants to import, can do so, period,”
The importance of “a more open Argentina”
Regarding the package announced by the Minister of Economy of the neighboring country, Luis Caputo, which contemplates, among other things, a sharp devaluation of the Argentine peso, Marquez assured that Uruguay “What works for you is that Argentina to stand up from the difficult economic and social moment”.
“We all anticipate that we are going to have a Argentina more open and that for the interests of Uruguay It is very important,” said the sector leader for the future.
Along the same lines, he was excited about a change for the better in the Mercosur. “We have been demanding the opening for a long time. For many years it has been very closed and there we also glimpsed a lot of optimism,” she stated.
Source: Ambito
