The local market is dominated by onions imported from Brazil, a country that historically supplies

Strange, or at least unusual, things happen in Argentina in the time of Javier Milei and his libertarian ideas, which include an economic stabilization program that has as one of its anchors a very backward exchange rate. Onion imports from Brazil have skyrocketed in recent weeks and set a record: nearly a thousand trucks crossed the border from Brazil entering with more than 30 thousand tons of this vegetable of which Argentina has an absolute surplus. In fact, historically Brazil is supplied with onions from Argentina. So far in 2024, 231 thousand tons were exported, and more than 80% went to the neighboring country. But shipments were concentrated between March and June, when there is a good local supply, and disappeared from that moment on. That's when the tables turned and imports began to take a strong toll. Since Argentina is "very expensive in dollars," it began to be a business for Brazilian producers to send their onions here. According to Senasa statistics, 32,227 tons ...