Finally next week the meeting requested by the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) With the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo. The meeting, which will be at the headquarters of the entity, will serve to bring the Government a series of claims that the sector has long promoted.
Already in December the head of the UIA, Daniel Funes de Riojahe asked for a model containing all productive sectors upon receiving President Javier Milei. On that same occasion he also perched on informality: “We have disturbing informal rates in our country.”
Entrepreneurs have been raising an agenda that serves to Improve the competitiveness of the industry in the fiscal issue, labor trials against companies and logistics costs.
In the first case, they demand Some solution for multiple tax withholding systems that generate balances in favor that never recover.
Among the taxes that most concern companies, due to their strong impact on the cost structure, they appear Gross income and municipal rates. Some studies indicate that They add 9% to the costs of a company, which is excessive internationally.
The industry closed 2024 with a 6.2% drop
In Decemberthe manufacturing industry He experienced a rebound that helped mitigate the accumulated fall during the year. Experts predict that this positive trend will continue in the coming months.
This behavior was reflected by the Industrial Production Index (IPI-OJF)prepared by Orlando J. Ferreres & Associates. According to the report, in the last month of 2024, industrial production grew 4.5% compared to annual comparison, and in the desestationalized measurement, showed a monthly expansion of 0.4%.
Much of these figures are due to the good performance of the food sector, which showed positive results, while other sectors continue to experience falls. Despite this, in the accumulated of 2024, The fall was 6.2%, in a complicated year, where the first signs of recovery only began to be appreciated in recent months.
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Although the December increase reflects in part the drastic fall of the same month of the previous year, The consultant also pointed out other positive comparisons: “Destationalized measurement shows an advance of 0.4% compared to November and a 1.92% growth in the fourth quarter against the third, which highlights the industry’s rebound in the last months of the year, “they said.
When the sectors breakdown, andThe oil was the main driver of the positive result of December. In addition, a Recovery in the machinery and equipment sectorwith an improvement in automotive production compared to December 2023.
On the other hand, the sectors of non -metallic minerals and basic metals presented a slowdown in the fall of their production, although the specialists warned that the process is slow and clear signals of recovery are not perceived in these areas.
Source: Ambito
