Your bread and coffee will cost you more: they expect a sharp increase in the price of food due to high wheat costs
According to the National Association of Bakery Suppliers (Anpropan), COVID-19 and the war between Russia and Ukraine have caused a 22% increase in the price of cereal
Government studies excluding freight on more than 300 products to try to control inflation
It is also being considered to extend the exclusion of tariff on wheat imports for another two years after it was adopted in 2020
Uruguay exempted noodles and bakery products from VAT to moderate the price hike due to the war in Ukraine
Luis Lacalle Pou announced that the measure will in principle apply for 30 days
Announcements in the midst of the war on inflation: the government seeks to return the price of bread and other wheat products to the value of February
This was stated by the Minister of Productive Development, Matías Kulfas, who explained the mechanism of the trust to compensate producers for the rise in international prices
Matías Kulfas: “If despite the new measures we see unjustified price increases, we will take drastic measures”
The Minister of Productive Development said that if prices do not roll back, the government will use procurement and competition laws. He emphatically defended the program agreed with the IMF and stressed: “The people did not vote for us to make speeches against the Fund.” Double-digit inflation, he stressed, is a problem that has been going on for 15 years
Following the increase in withholdings and the creation of the wheat fund, how is the relationship between the countryside and the Government
Oil companies are considering bringing to justice the illegality of increased retentions on soy by-products. In addition, the Liaison Table seeks to meet with the different political forces of Congress, while protests by producers in the interior continue
Broad agro-industrial rejection of increased retention of soy by-products and the creation of the Wheat Fund
Agro-industry sectors, milling SMEs reacted critically to the measures announced in recent hours by the Government. They argue that they will not increase production or benefit consumers. They propose to work on the basis of agreements. Opposition project
