Brazil: Sindilat/RS calls for a review of whey import rates and measures against tax incentives in Argentina and Uruguay

After a meeting with representatives of the Rio Grande do Sul Dairy Industry Union (Sindilat/RS), the federal deputy from Rio Grande do Sul, Heitor Schuch (PSB), forwarded two important guidelines for the dairy industry to the vice president, Geraldo Alckmin (PSB) , Minister of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services. The requests address the need to review the reduction from 14% to 4% in the import rate of Protein Supplement based on Whey Protein Concentrate (WPC 80) and Whey Protein Isolate (WPI), both concentrated whey proteins, for acquisitions from countries outside Mercosur, as well as the damage caused to producers and mainly to the powdered milk and cheese industries, in view of the subsidies in kind that have been granted in the milk chain in Argentina and Uruguay. “The demands are very fair and are already in Minister Alckmin's hands. I believe there is a path to quick and definitive solutions. In my opinion, the past government was wrong to reduce the Whey rate, as ...