Bolivian government modifies tariffs for the importation of eight foods

Abi / La Paz The national government modified the tariffs for the importation of chicken meat, powdered milk, cocoa, potatoes, tomatoes, onions, apples and strawberries, in order to reactivate and protect national agricultural production. "We are strengthening import substitution and reactivating the national agricultural productive apparatus. Therefore, through DS we modified the import tariffs for chicken meat, powdered milk, cocoa, potatoes, tomatoes, onions, apples and strawberries," he said on Thursday. the President of the State, Luis Arce, on his Twitter account. Supreme Decree 4522, promulgated on Wednesday, indicates that it is necessary to establish tariff measures in order to substitute the importation of such foods "for the recovery of the agricultural productive apparatus and the protection of national production." "The rates of the Tariff Levy are modified for the importation of: ...