The Government provides tools to improve the export competitiveness of Argentine companies through the National SME Training Program.
Along these lines, a Conference on the Exporta Simple Platform and Financing Tools for Agri-Food SMEs organized by the Ministries of Agroindustry and Production of the Nation together with the Argentine Agency for Investment and International Trade (AAICI).
The relevant points were as follows:
Cases The National Director of Food and Beverages, Mercedes Nimo, highlighted that: "In the case of Food, there have already been some concrete examples that have used the Exporta Simple platform such as the grass and peanuts. We believe that this is a tool that is still little known to agri-food SMEs and they should take advantage of it because "it is very useful."
Small volumes. Through Exporta Simple, requirements and procedures are eliminated and the entire process is done through postal service providers (couriers). It is an operational sequence for small volumes in order to test new markets and reach a shelf with a limited quantity of product but with added value and with its brand. It is mainly designed for small volume and high added value products. Up to 600 thousand dollars can be exported per year and shipments of up to 300 kg can be made.
Financing.One of the axes of the workshop aimed to complement the keys to using the Exporta Simple platform with the financing lines that some banks have, such as Bank of Investment and Foreign Trade (BICE) and the Bank of the Argentine Nation (BNA), who explained the financial tools they have for everything related to pre and post export financing.
Free trade zone. At the meeting, a new line of financing was presented for SMEs that want to export but do not yet have clients abroad. For this, the AAICI together with BICE are developing distribution centers in free trade zones, such as Dubai, so that SMEs can have their products in the free zone until they find a buyer.
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