Colombia: The price of chicken, eggs, and pork would increase with the tax reform

This was explained by the leaders of Fenavi and Porkcolombia, who consider that passing these assets from exempt to excluded will generate a total impact on the production chain. The controversy with the text of the tax reform does not stop. The fact that various goods in the family basket are affected by the proposal of the State has seriously alarmed unions and consumers. (Read: This is how the tax reform would affect the agricultural sector) Jeffrey Fajardo, executive director of Porkcolombia, was surprised by the final text presented by the Ministry of Finance, since food is going to be affected in a very profound way, terribly damaging Colombian agriculture. He assured that in the case of pig farmers, these products, which are exempt and that, according to the proposal, would be excluded. He added that the government had told Colombians that it was not going to touch the food and that it did. Even the Minister of Making even went so far as to affirm and put in his ...