The new Minister of Productive Development, Daniel Scioli, said on Tuesday that the State must control “that speculative imports are not made”, which will require greater coordination work of its portfolio with Customs, the Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP) and the Ministry of Commerce. Scioli explained that it is corrected with the joint and coordinated work of state agencies and added: “When there is a gap of this characteristics, we must be very careful that speculative imports are not made, that there is no overbilling or under-invoicing.” On his first Tuesday at the head of the Production portfolio, Daniel Scioli had a packed agenda of meetings, where he held meetings with the leaderships of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA), the Argentine General Economic Confederation (Cgera) and the Argentine Confederation of Medium Enterprises (CAME). He also added meetings with the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Julián Domínguez and with the president of the Bank of Investment and Foreign Trade (BICE), José de Mendiguren.Within the meeting he held with the board of directors of the UIA, headed by its president, Funes de Rioja, the evolution of industrial activity, the promotion of productive investment and initiatives to promote exports with added value were discussed. fundamental axes for national development. “It is important to bring to the minister the proactive voice of the industrialists in terms of challenges and difficulties of the federal productive framework. Argentina must transform recovery into growth, and for that it is necessary to agree on an agenda that values industrial assets and responds to the difficulties in productive matters,” said the president of the UIA.
We had an important working meeting with UIA authorities. We address the evolution of industrial activity, the promotion of productive investment and initiatives to promote exports with added value, fundamental axes for national development. pic.twitter.com/ZLlm04FzSu — Daniel Scioli (@danielscioli)
June 21, 2022
In relation to the administration of Foreign Trade, CGERA proposed “an affidavit every 30 days of SMEs that need to import an input or raw materials that are not produced in the country, destined to the manufacture of the final product and that do not exceed 25% of the monthly turnover”, from the entity they pointed out that this mechanism “will give certainty” in terms of imports to the industrial sector on the currencies it requires. As part of his round of meetings, Scioli met with Minister Julián Domínguez to empower agri-food cooperatives with benefits that increase their productivity and promote access to subsidized rate financing for cooperatives, producers and MSMEs in the sector. In addition, both officials agreed to carry out a joint work to “unite industry and the countryside and industrialize rurality.” For his part, the head of the agricultural portfolio said: “We want to promote a model of productive integration that is industrializing, adding value and generating more work. We are building a state policy for the organization of the cooperative system. This changes the axis of agricultural policy.”
It’s a thrill to meet @AlfredoGZChaco, president of @redcame, a historic organization that had my father among its founders. Know that this is a Ministry that will continue to accompany SMEs, those who market and those who produce in Argentina. pic.twitter.com/1VmxcFMe4x — Daniel Scioli (@danielscioli)
June 21, 2022
At his last meeting of the day, Scioli visited the LEADERSHIP OF THE CAME. There its president Alfredo González, requested SME financing, strengthening in the internal and external market, and training and professional updating. Regarding the strengthening of the offer in the domestic market, CAME asked for a plan that allows consumers to have better access to products of national SME origin through the development and strengthening of Open Shopping Centers, which today function as a true commercial fabric in their format of local businesses.
