Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said today (9) that the government is making its contribution to the country’s production chain. “We are lowering taxes, we have reduced import taxes for the first time in 40 years of Mercosur, we have zeroed taxes on products such as boneless products, grains, rice and beans, we have reduced all taxes on the basic food basket, federal taxes”.
Guedes also recalled the reduction of the Tax on Industrialized Products (IPI). “There was a 35% reduction in IPI, we zeroed ICMS [Imposto sobre Circulação de Mercadorias e Serviços]we are making our contribution to our production chain”.
The minister spoke this Thursday morning (9) at the opening of the National Supply Chain Forum, promoted by the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets (Abras).
Guedes expressed support for a proposal presented by the president of Abras, João Galassi, for the supermarket chain not to correct the food price table until 2023. , new table only in 2023”, he said.
During his opening speech, Guedes mentioned the importance of Brazil in food and energy security, especially during the pandemic. “Brazil is a green giant, it is the most important protagonist of energy and food security in the world”.
He said he supports another suggestion from the supermarket sector. “We are doing our part, lowering taxes and reducing costs. We support all the suggestions you made, the S, for the social, it’s time for us to test our institutional capital, the capital of solidarity, of fraternity, of working together to keep Brazil on its feet, and the government’s part we have what to do too, which are [a redução] the taxes”.
The National Supply Chain Forum is an annual program that brings together industry, business and government authorities in a multilateral and collaborative debate on the main strategic, economic, market, institutional and regulatory challenges of the national supply chain. The forum takes place throughout this Thursday and can be followed by the Youtube channel.
