The announcement of the presidential candidate of National Party (PN)), Alvaro Delgadothat if he wins the election he will eliminate the so-called “consular fee“which applies to the importation of certain goods, caused widespread satisfaction among representatives of the business sector.
The proposal made by Delgado at the breakfast organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Services of Uruguay (CCySUy), This Tuesday, he also had the support of the leader Colorado Pedro Bordaberrywho stated on his account on X that it is “an important step in the right direction” and that “it will help importers and exporters to work.” “We fought together for them in the Senate in 2017, we hope to do it together next year,” wrote the leader of Let’s go Uruguay.
The president of the Chamber of Industries (CIU), Fernando Pachehe said Scope that this repeal had been requested for more than 10 years for raw materials. He recalled that the decision to apply the consultation rate was taken at the time by the former Minister of Economy Danilo Astori (Broad Front)which was opposed from the business sector from the very beginning. “We always maintained that it was more than just a rate, it was a new tax,” he stressed.
Pache evaluated the decision as “fantastic” and mentioned that it corrects a breach that the Uruguay at the Mercosur level, an aspect that has been claimed on countless occasions, especially by Brazil.
For his part, the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Services, Julio Cesar Lestidodescribed Delgado’s promise as a “very good decision” that has also been demanded in recent times. “We have always asked for this, among other measures to lower the costs of companies,” he said to Scope.
The business spokesman said that it is clear that at the time this tax was imposed “with the sole objective of raising revenue and, inevitably, part of its cost was passed on to prices, noticeably affecting the consumer.” Lestido did not hesitate to describe the proposal of the nationalist candidate as “brave and positive.”
“We are in favor of eliminating the consular fee because it is part of the international insertion process that we have been demanding for a long time,” said the president of the Union of Exporters (UEU), Facundo Márquez. “It is one of the measures that should be taken to improve international insertion, which is not only related to agreements and treaties, but also to the issue of opening to the world”.
Asked how this benefits the export sector, he said that “we will pay less taxes when we import inputs to produce and export.” “We will have lower costs to export, being a little more competitive. And also because the consular rate affects the export sector, we will have lower costs to export.” CPIwhich then indirectly affects us in various sectors because as the economy is indexed, for example, through salaries, the economy would be improved competitiveness due to the reduction of costs in general,” he explained.
Márquez also mentioned that this repeal is “a necessary condition for several of the agreements that Uruguay wants to sign, for example, to enter the CPTPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership)”.
Source: Ambito
