04/23/2021 1:53 PM
Clarín.com
Rural
Updated 04/23/2021 2:01 PM
Faced with the warning from the national government of a possible increase in withholdings on exports, from the Field they came out with the top caps to respond: "Again statements of this tenor? These untimely sayings enervate our producers."
Who said it was Carlos Iannizzotto, president of Coninagro.
In a message on social networks, the rural producer expressed his anger at the words of the Secretary of Internal Trade, Paula Español.
"Again statements of this tenor? These untimely sayings unsettle our producers, generate concern and increase the crack. But we already know that Kirchnerism appeals to that double discourse of threat that is far from the dialogue policy preached by @CONINAGRO", Iannizzotto said.
Coninagro's response to the government's threat of a possible increase in withholdings.
Hours before, the official, asked whether increasing food withholdings is under evaluation, replied: "It is part of the range of (measures) and is under analysis."
"It is not the only one. There is a set of tools. This is a more macroeconomic tool, but there are others that have to do with sectoral tools, others with certain agreements with prices and negotiations, and others more specific such as mobile fair mechanisms," he said. in statements to radio El Uncover.
Spanish said: "We are concerned about the fact that a family needs 60,784 in order not to be poor."
In reference to inflation, he acknowledged that it is a concern of the government, and expanded: "The pressure on food prices is felt by everyone. Argentina produces food and exports it. The problem is to decouple export prices from the domestic price. ".
To do this, he explained, "you have to take measures such as quotas, withholdings or sworn statements."
There he recognized that "the increase in withholdings is under analysis" and said that "there are two elements that when the budget was made did not have this magnitude: the second wave and the rise in international prices."
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