The Government announced the inclusion of meat in the Fair Prices program after the strong increases that the product had so far this year,
when they climbed 25% to 30%
in gondolas and butcher shops and had a significant impact on inflation.
This Tuesday the INDEC will disclose the data for January, which would be around 6%, according to private consultants.
The cuts that will enter the official plan are the roast at $1,035;
buttock at $1,375, matambre at $1,310;
empty at $1.35;
skirt for $675, shoulder for $1,113 and roast cover for $1,035, the 7 cuts that are prohibited from exporting until December 31.
According to government calculations, these values are between 30% and 35% cheaper than what is marketed.
The agreed prices will start this Friday in supermarkets and
will remain until March 31
and then these cuts will have a pattern of 3.2% until June 30.
And the offer will be greater than the previous program that was in force until last September.
Now, instead of 6,000 tons,
the offer will be 15,000 tons
(plus what Coto and La Anónima provide, which are self-sufficient), which can be purchased in supermarkets grouped together in the Association of United Supermarkets (ASU), the Argentine Chamber of Supermarkets (CAS) and the Argentine Federation of Supermarkets and Self-Services (FASA) and refrigerator butcher shops.
In addition, the 10% refund of debit card purchases
was announced
for businesses that are registered with the AFIP on the effective date of the program.
This includes butcher shops, mini-markets and businesses that are registered with VAT as MiPyme.
But hypermarkets and chain supermarkets will be excluded.
The refund limit, which will be credited in 48 hours, will be $2,000 per month.
So that the largest number of butcher shops can join, they will offer the Banco Nación Merchant account 100% discounted for 12 months so that butcher shops can charge with debit and credit cards.
The main factor behind this increase is due to the strong increase in
the value of the ranch
since the beginning of the year, due to more retention in the fields.
On the first day of operations, the main categories that are marketed to the domestic market were trading at 312 per kilo, and last Friday it closed at $490, an increase of 57% in just a month and a half.
In any case, from the sector they assure that this increase is due to a recomposition of prices in 2022, the year in which the increases in said market were barely 40% due to the large supply of animals that caused the drought in the different productive areas of the country. .
In this scenario, last year meat at the counter rose 42% compared to 94% given by general inflation.
But so far this year, it has already increased between 25% and 30%.
For the next few weeks, it is expected that the value of the farm will continue to rise, so the values on the counters would follow the same trend.
Benefits for butcher shops
were also announced
so that there is less evasion in the chain.
According to a study by the ABC Consortium, "1 out of every 3 pesos is not invoiced."
There will be deferral of the payment of AFIP control tax obligations due until December 31 for butcher shops subject to the Simplified Regime for small taxpayers and responsible butcher shops registered in VAT.
Likewise, there will be a suspension until December 31 of the full exclusion of the Simplified Regime for Small Taxpayers and/or Automatic Deregistration.
Also included
in this package of measures is the livestock producer
, who is seriously affected by the drought, in order to have more supply in the consignee markets.
They will be
subsidies for up to 40% of the food
necessary for the completion of the animals in feedlot.
Each producer may enter
up to 100 animals into the official program
, which may only be destined for consumption in the domestic market.
The Program foresees a duration of 4 months and will have a
fiscal cost of $14.900 million.
