“Commerce is in intensive therapy,” said President Chamber of Commerce of Salta. “We are no longer looking to grow, but return to where we were,” said the head of the Chaco Economic Federation. Tucumán, the exception.
From the provinces of the North Grande they warn that commercial activity is not recovered, although it stands out that with the decline in inflation some calculations have improved. Gustavo HerreraPresident of the Chamber of Commerce of Salta, warned that “trade is in intensive therapy”; while Ernesto Scagliahis pair of the Chaco Economic Federation, said that “we are no longer looking to grow, but return to where we were.” From Tucumán, Héctor Viñualshead of the Economic Federation, stressed that “it is urgent to put a limit to the illegal street activity and that it nurtures the entry of smuggling products.”
The Salta HerreraHe argued that although inflation stabilized, the problems in the sector continue and pointed against the high tax burdens and informality. “The sector is in intensive therapydespite the improvements that are perceived in some statistics, “he said in an interview in FM Aries.” Let’s think of a patient who has been with problems for a long time. Inflation, like fever, is just a symptom. That the low fever does not mean that the patient is completely well, “he explained.
The businessman emphasized the loss of customer purchasing power by stating that “for sales, there must be money circulating.” And he added that “as long as prices do not fit inflation, people change their way of buying, suspecting that perhaps next week prices will go down or there will be promotions.” He also stressed that one of the big problems that affect recovery It is the tax burden, both at the municipal and provincial level, together with the growth of informality, which is 60% that province.
From the Chaco, Scaglia highlighted, as positive, that the government has controlled inflation. “It is good that that crosses us transversely to everything, being going down. Macroeconomics is giving positive numbers. We are in the Argentine Chamber of the Medium Enterprises, we see trade sales numbers that are beginning to improve,” he said in statements to TV city. Although he warned that “the numbers that are beginning to improve are in relation to the fact that we came from the fifth subsoil, a very important fall and a very complex situation.” “We are not looking to grow, but at least return to where we were,” he said.
The head of the Chaco Economic Federation He also referred, and made a warning, about the government’s decision to make anti -dumping control more flexible, a protectionist measure that protects the national industry. “This has a positive part and a negative part. The first thing is that it facilitates competition and that can cause consumer prices to lower, but the negative part is that workers from different industries or shops could run out of work because, not being competitive with what comes from outside , it could generate productions closing, “he said.
“Slow rebound”
On the other hand, Scope touched with the Tucumano businessman Vineyardswho stressed that this province has a weight in the commercial activity of the north of the country that highlights it from the rest. “We are seeing a rebound because commercially we are strong, in relation to other northern provinces. Within GDP, we have the most important trade in our region, “he explained.” We have no mining activity but spills what happens in Catamarca, Salta or Jujuy, because our metallurgical industry has a great development, among other complementary activities that work for Mining projects, “he said.
Asked since when he observes that improvement, he indicated that from October to December there was a slow rebound, in January and what goes in February stabilized, and it is expected that between March and April there will be a new improvement due to sales of the beginning of the school year . “That inflation has dropped allows us to accommodate wages and that is good. The same, we are somewhat concerned about the increases in the costs of services, electricity, water and gas, which are increasingly influence our performance equation of a commercial activity, “he added.
Yes, emphasized that it is necessary that measures be taken to put a limit to the illegal trade that enters through the borders, from Chile, Bolivia and Paraguay, because it directly impacts trade. “If they paid all taxes on the border and in the provinces, of course we would not have objections, but behind there are organizations that smuggled and then sell the products in fairs or by social networks, at a price that affects us,” he said. “It is urgent to put a limit to the illegal street activity that feeds on the entry of smuggling products,” he closed.
Source: Ambito
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