The Minister of Economy, Sergio Massatogether with the Secretary of Commerce, Matias Tombolini and his counterpart for Agriculture, Juan Jose Bahillo, agreed on a series of measures aimed at both the production and consumption of meat.
Fair Prices Meat includes 7 cuts with differential prices “and a predictable price path,” they said. The agreed prices will be maintained until March 31 and then these cuts will have a guideline of 3.2% until June 30. These prices can be found from Friday, February 17.
From the agreement, an average 35% drop was achieved the price at which supermarkets were marketing the cuts.
The complete list of the 2000 items with Fair Prices and where to get them
What are the 7 cuts in Fair Meat Prices and their prices
- Strip roast: $1,035,
- Empty: $1,351
- Stamps: $1,310
- Skirt: $675,
- Roast cover: $1,035
- Buttock: $1,375
- Palette: $1,113
From the Secretary of Commerce they highlighted that thanks to the agreements with the exporting companies of bovine meat, the monthly marketing offer of regarding 15,000 tons. The Cortes Cuidados program offered a volume of 6,000 tons in declaration but in practice it did not exceed 4,000.
“Now everything is signed and traceable. It is important that it is not a declaration of intent. The agreement is signed and if it is not complied with, the consumer defense law is applied with the corresponding fines,” said Commerce sources.
The commercialization will be carried out every day in supermarkets and hypermarkets and butcher shops of refrigerators and work will be done with the nucleated supermarkets in ASU, CAS and FASA on the days of sales of these cuts.
Reimbursements in neighborhood butcher shops
Through agreements with banks, credit cards and AFIPthey agreed refunds of purchases with bank and non-bank debit cards. In this way, the higher price paid to these butcher shops is offset by refunds.
The benefit will be for purchases in businesses that are registered with the AFIP on the effective date of the program. Includes butcher shops, convenience stores and businesses that are registered with VAT as MiPyme.
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In these shops the consumer will have refunds for purchases of 10% of the total purchase that will be credited in 48 hours. The top of the reimbursement will be $2,000 per calendar monthwhich is equivalent to monthly purchases of $20,000 in small butcher shops.
Furthermore, in accordance with the Banco Nación on Saturdays there is a 35% promotion for Neighborhood Shops for purchases with a physical credit card and debit card from Banco Nación and applicable for payments through BNA+ MODE by scanning QR with a refund limit of $3,000 per transaction.
To this would be incorporated in the coming days the 35% promotion with Banco Nación on Fridays for butcher shops, with the same refund limit of $3,000 per transaction.
In this way, it seeks to achieve short term results acting on the increase in the price of meat and in the medium term on the future supply, in addition to compensate producers affected by the drought who were forced to sell off their cattle, and are in trouble due to the lack of fodder supply.
In order to mitigate the effects of the drought, producers will be able to access subsidies for up to 40% of the food necessary for the completion of the animals in feedlot.
LM / ED
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