Fruits from Chile and Argentina's announcement to include imported products in the basic basket, exempting them from taxes

The Argentine Government reported yesterday Tuesday that after the meeting with supermarkets they decided to open imports for basic basket products and that tax discounts will even be applied to some to give them competitiveness. The news was delivered by the presidential spokesperson, Manuel Adorni, who said that with this measure they seek to correct prices that increased too much due to inflation expectations in the sector that were not met. He added: “We understand that the economy is gradually normalizing and the decision has been made to definitively open imports of certain family economy products in order to make prices more competitive, for the benefit of families and consumers. Argentines. Also with some tax cuts on imported products to help correct prices that have risen more than they should, to accelerate the normalization of prices.” This announcement occurs prior to the February inflation being released, which will be released by Indec and which the Government ...