In the breakdown, the entity records significant price reductions, which at best reaches up to a third of its initial value, as in monitors (- 34.1%), Notebooks (-14.3%), mouses (-12.3%) and keyboards (-11.3%)
For its part, the clothing prices relieved on the page 2.5% increased on averagealthough 4 of the 17 relieved groups presented falls in their labels. Among them are the Sports Camperas (-9.9%) and Urban (-1.3%), the pants within the urban clothing segment (-0.6%) and sneakers of the same style (-5.9%).
The reasons that explain prices drop in imported products
The detailed analysis carried out by the consultant of the former Central Bank, Guido Sandlerisallows to see that the price drops observed were thanks to two specific situations.
The first has to do with the Announcement of import facilitation via Courierthe door -to -door shipping system.
On November 15, a Expansion of the value limit of small shipments from the outside of U $ S1,000 Au $ S3,000while They eliminated tariffs for the first US $ 400 of each shipment.
A week later, on December 23, he joined the elimination of the country taxsecond factor that explains price drop, while purchasing platforms such as Mercado Libre enabled shipments from international vendors through its page.
As reported to this media a chamber of an import sector, the expansion of the Courier system, together with the Elimination of import permits SIRAS AND NON -AUTOMATIC LICENSES and normative flexibility are factors that promoted the entry of imported products.
Anyway, The appreciation of the exchange rate “has had a strong impact”. “The exchange rate in 2024 rose 29% And inflation was 117%, That also influenced. Still subtracts the government Import and internal tax tariffs on different productsalthough the first depends much on Mercosur, ”considers the source as a pending task.
Megatone It is the example of a company selling appliances and electronic products that began selling products brought directly from the United States through its website.
In turn, you can also find those imported products. As explained Javier Santi, E-commerce manager of the company, The speed of sale of the products brought from abroad, benefited by the country tax remove, is 35% higher than the others.
About the Courier system, meanwhile, ensures that “It grows in quantities”, Although the modality has been implemented relatively recently.
Electronics and appliances, with prices below inflation
According to the latest INDEC data, while the item home equipment and maintenance registered inflation of 85.7% In 2024, the general average, was located in 117.8%.
By case, based on a survey carried out in the main portals of sales of appliances and in Motorola.com.ar, The cell phones rose an average of 9.66% between January and December 2024, while TVs 31% and the Air conditioners 9.5%.
According to sources from the sector in charge of the analysis, it is a study carried out on the most representative models of these products, to buy in a single share.
As explained by the authors of the report, after the inflationary jump of the first quarter of last year as a result of the devaluation of the weight, “The downward rearrangements began in several sectors of the economy“, Among them electronic and appliances, which makes many of them”Now they are even below what they were a year ago“
In addition, prior to its elimination, the country tax suffered a 17.5% reduction stage to its original 7.5% aliquot, which was decelerating the rise in list prices until “The impact of that component was cleaned from the inventory”
Also the recovery of the quota financing method at a more accessible interest rate for the purchase of appliances functioned as a sales dynamizer. In fact, according to the Chamber of Commerce (CAC), after doing flat in April, the credit In real terms it achieved grow sustainably during all the remaining months of the year, which essentially promotes the purchase of durable goods, although not the mass consumption.
Imports alert: the UIA warns of the decline in competitiveness and the deterioration of national production
In the last report of the Center for Studies of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA), it is observed that in November the industrial activity registered a Annual decline of -3.8% and -2.5% monthly Regarding October, without seasonality.
In turn, in the accumulated from January to November there was a decrease in -9.7% year -on -year.
Again the entity, which represents a good part of the country’s manufacturing sector, reiterated that the industry “faces a challenging panorama, marked by competition against the importation of finished goods and the difficulties of the competitiveness of the Argentine economy. ”
The same had warned in October last year, when the UIA presented the study “Argentine cost: key elements to achieve competitiveness “and marked concern about the “negative impact that will have on the industry“The reduction of import tariffs”contrary to what the world and region are doing“, Without being resolved” the lack of competitiveness and the associated costs. “
According to the entity’s gaze, this combo of measures will do nothing other than “further deteriorating the capacity of Argentine production, in the face of unfair competition“
Source: Ambito
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