Pedreras de NL will raise prices up to 183% for “green tax”

Monterrey.- As of January 1, 2022, the pedreras of Nuevo León, producers of sand and gravel, will raise the prices per ton of their products up to 183% due to the new “green tax” of the state government, which will impact on the price of cement, concrete, blocks and other derivatives. As the entrepreneurs of the stone sector in the state had warned at the beginning of last November, the new tax with which the government of Nuevo León seeks to mitigate the high rates of pollution has been transferred to consumers, and which implies increases from 75 to 183% in prices. The Government of the State of Nuevo León has approved a new tax that calls it “green tax”, says the company Granix, in a letter sent to its customers, “which is related to the extraction of materials from the subsoil and forces us to apply a generalized price increase to all the materials we handle, this tax is reflected in 102.5 pesos per ton”. Read more: Prices per liter of fuels in Mexico today December 19, 2021The company added that the payments of the products must be made in cash, for the tax and the monthly payment that must be made to the State Treasury.The green tax approved for 2022 contemplates charging 162 factories and 22 stones 2.79 quotas Unit of Measurement and Update (UMAS) for each ton or fraction of particles emitted. The UMA is currently equivalent to 89.62 pesos. On the other hand, Incasa also warned its customers of the new prices.” Receive an affectionate greeting,” he says, “we take the opportunity to inform you that, due to the taxes established by the state government to the limestone extraction industry, as of January 1, 2022, the prices of aggregates will be impacted by 102.5 pesos per ton additional to their current price.” With these adjustments, for example, CNC, a very fine crushed material used to fill trenches, will rise from 56 to 158.50 pesos per ton, an increase of 183%. The “minor” increase is in Arena #5, which will go from 137.5 pesos to 240 pesos, an increase of 75%. If these increases are applied, they will be added to those registered by other construction materials such as steel derivatives. Read more: Economic growth expectations for Mexico in 2021 fall and inflation expectations rise: BanxicoJosé Guajardo, president of the Mexican Chamber of the Construction Industry in Nuevo León, asked the State to meet with the owners of the stones to determine which ones do comply with environmental protocols and not apply the green tax to them. Dengue cases rebound in the last two weeks: 241 in Ahome and El Fuerte

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