Wheat flour: 80,000 tons exported to Bolivia

This Monday, the Vice Minister of Commerce and Internal Logistics, Grover Lacoa, confirmed that the country will import 80,000 tons of wheat flour this year in order to guarantee the supply not only to the baking sector, but also to others who are dedicated to food production. "We are importing directly through Insumos Bolivia 60,000 tons and 20,000 with the private sector; we have made contact with the eastern milling sector with the industries that reside in that department to take similar measures and guarantee the supply of wheat not only to the baking sector, but also to the pasta, noodle, and cookie manufacturing sector," Lacoa said. The Government, in order to normalize the supply of the product, defined a zero import tariff through Supreme Decree 5195 so that any milling industrialist can import wheat or flour from international markets. The measure came into effect last week and will be in effect until the end of this administration. Review: In an audio, a leader from El ...