The presidents of the four chain associations (soybean, corn, wheat and sunflower) met with the Secretary of Government for Agroindustry of the Nation, Luis Miguel Etchevehere, with the Chief of Cabinet, Santiago del Solar, and the Director of International Agroindustrial Negotiations, Maximiliano Moreno, in order to exchange opinions regarding the recently signed EU-Mercosur agreement.
«The agreement will allow the country to consolidate itself as a relevant player in the world market and place a greater number of products, goods and services"they said in a statement.
To achieve this, 10 thousand tariff items were negotiated, of which 1.800 correspond to agro-industrial products.s, achieving a zero tariff for more than 83% of products and fixed quotas or preferences for the remaining 17%.
Furthermore, "It will allow access to a market of more than 500 million consumers, with high purchasing power and who currently represent 30% of the world's GDP". Facilitating access to other trade agreements, diversifying markets and promoting investments», commented the four networks.
This agreement will promote the reduction of tariff and non-tariff barriers, streamlining bilateral trade by establishing deadlines and procedures that avoid unjustified and arbitrary measures in sanitary and phytosanitary matters, and providing greater certainty to exporters by basing regulations on pre-existing international regulations.
«We are convinced that the agreement reached will have a positive impact on all productions in the agro-industrial value chains. Our challenge is to continue growing, consolidating ourselves in the world market and being even more competitive, adding value to generate more foreign currency and quality work for all sectors., they concluded.
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