Due to lack of payment, Paraguay and Bolivia suspend shipments of bananas and pineapple to Argentina

The shortage of dollars that Argentina suffers not only affects the local economy but also that of its commercial partners, who are experiencing delays in collecting their sales. This is the case of Paraguay and Bolivia, whose banana and pineapple producers are demanding payment of 22 million dollars from Argentine importers and who have suspended the shipment of fruit until the situation is regularized. As reported by the Paraguayan media abc, the Intersectoral Banana Competitiveness Roundtable (Menicob) and the Paraguayan Banana and Pineapple Chamber (Capabap) decided to suspend the loading of fruits to Argentina from Monday. According to union representative Hugo Franco, so far this year Paraguay has sent 3,200 trucks of 27 tons of fruit each to Argentina, for a total value of 30.3 million dollars, but payment of the invoices is delayed. of six months and so far only 20 million have been paid. For their part, Bolivian producers claim that they have not received payments since ...