The field goes to unemployment due to the meat stocks: there will be a halt to the commercialization of the ranch for 8 days

05/18/2021 9:26 AM

• Clarín.com

• Rural

Updated 05/18/2021 9:34 AM

The Liaison Board met today and decided to go to a marketing halt of all categories of livestock from Thursday for 8 days after the government's decision to close meat exports for 30 days to contain the price in the domestic market.

At this meeting 

were the presidents of the four rural entities: Jorge Chemes (Cra), Carlos Iannizzotto (Coninagro), Daniel Pelegrina (Rural Society) and Carlos Achetoni (Agrarian Federation).

At noon there will be a press conference via zoom of the four rural leaders to explain the scope of the measure.

"The closure of meat exports for 30 days is a mistake and a step backwards in every sense. It will cause irreparable damage to a productive sector that has shown that it generates employment and activity throughout the national territory," said

Daniel Pelegrina

, president of the Sociedad Rural Argentina, after knowing the news.

"The decision destroys Argentina's image as a reliable supplier and we will once again give the markets to our main competitors. And worst of all, as the recent history of Kirchnerism has shown, it will not contribute to lower prices, especially in the long term, "added the head of the entity.

For his part,

Carlos Iannizzotto

, president of Coninagro, had emphasized that they are against the measure.

"The problem is economic maceo, the problem is the situation of unbridled inflation. Therefore this measure does not lead to anything within the disorder of the national economy.

"We are analyzing the measure but the discomfort at the grassroots is very great," he said, coinciding with the bad mood that exists in the chats of producers and social networks.

The president of FAA,

Carlos Achetoni

, had said: "It is an unfortunate measure that will not be reflected in the drop in consumer prices. We are totally convinced that small and medium producers, not only of beef but of any type of meat, it is going to affect it seriously, generating great desertions of the productive circuit ".

"It is a marked setback for the country's economy and a lower income of foreign currency, which means a contradiction to what our country needs."

From Argentine Rural Confederations they maintained that "the closure of meat exports is a mistake."

"Backtracking for the development and growth of livestock," had warned the entity led by

Jorge Chemes

. 

Meat stocks

The Government decided to close meat exports for 30 days this Monday to contain the price after a strong rise that has been taking place in the last year. 

The news was communicated by President Alberto Fernández to Mario Ravettino, head of the ABC Consortium, which brings together all the exporting refrigerators, in a meeting held on Monday night at Casa Rosada, where the Minister of Productive Development, Matías, also participated. Kulfas and the Secretary of Internal Trade, Paula Español.

Therefore, while the export of meat is limited for one month,

the Government will implement a set of emergency measures

aimed at ordering the operation of the sector, restricting speculative practices, improving the traceability of exports and avoiding tax evasion in trade. exterior, according to the official statement released from Casa Rosada.

The president expressed his

concern about the sustained growth in the last months in the price of beef

in the domestic market, added the official text.

And so there they point this measure, with the aim of containing the values ​​of the main cuts in the gondolas.

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