The Consortium of Argentine Meat Exporters (ABC) reported that refrigerated export-oriented plants have begun to close, following the arrest of officials of SENASA, Argentina’s health agency, which issues permits to mobilize animals. In addition, we must take into account the export sector crisis refrigerator and the protest scheduled by the rural sector.
To reverse the situation, the ABC Consortium emphasizes the need to move forward with “the elimination of withholding taxes (export tax) to achieve the survival of the export industry lost competitiveness and give several years ago.”
According to the president of ABC, Mario Ravettino, it will stop for now, for ten days because nobody can issue the documents to transfer the property, a process that necessarily depend on the participation of the Senasa. On the resumption of activity, Ravettino explained that it is very difficult this is resolved soon, but anyway if everything is solved quickly, resume the activity may take a while.
With regard to the price crisis facing the sector, it is noteworthy declines in international prices of 18%, on average, and 31% for the Hilton Quota. About 130 refrigerators closed since 2005 in Argentina and 16,500 jobs were eliminated.
