The Secretary of Commerce, Pablo Lavigne, called on food manufacturers to analyze the measures announced on Tuesday. The measures aim to facilitate the importation of food, hygiene products and medicines to lower the prices of the basic basket.

The payment schedule will go from a scheme of four installments at 30, 60, 90 and 120 days to a single installment at 30 days. And the products reached will be bananas, potatoes, pork, coffee, tuna, cocoa products, insecticides, shampoos, diapers, medications.