The Argentine Peanut Chamber met with Minister Kulfas

Published 2021년 10월 27일

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The Argentine Peanut Chamber (CAM) met with the Minister of Productive Development, Matías Kulfas, to discuss the state of the peanut industry and address issues such as export duties and reference prices. Argentina is the largest producer of peanuts in Latin America and the seventh largest producer in the world. The primary goal of the industry is to supply peanuts for human consumption, competing with countries like the United States. Since 2018, CAM has run the 'Maní para mi' campaign to promote domestic consumption of peanuts.
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On Monday, October 25, the Argentine Peanut Chamber (CAM) met with the Minister of Productive Development, Matías Kulfas, to discuss the situation of the peanut industry, reinforcing the link between the ministry and this regional economy, key to the Argentine export of agroindustrial products. On behalf of the CAM, Ivana Cavigliaso, president; Diego Yabes; vice president and Elvio Cerutti, treasurer of the institution. The exclusive issues that the CAM wanted to raise were export duties and reference prices. The sector had recently sent a letter to different ministers, including Kulfas and the Minister of Agriculture Julián Domínguez, to urgently address these issues that are strategic for the peanut farmers. In the letter, they had stated that "this key sector of the national economy that is affected by a series of national policies that negatively impact the possibilities of investment, production, added value, generation of employment and exports of the entire country. ...
Source: Baenegocios

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