President Luis Lacalle Pou arrived this Wednesday at Expo Prado where he met with the board of directors of the Rural Association of Uruguay (ARU). At the end of the meeting, the Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Fernando Mattos, said that from the ARU the concern was raised to the president about the article included in the Rendering of Accounts, and voted in Deputies, which stipulates that part of the The aliquot collected by the National Meat Institute (Inac) is destined for science and research at the University of the Republic. (Udelar). Mattos said that they consider that this will generate a decrease in meat exports. He added that the ministry agrees with this concern and that next Tuesday it will be received by the Finance and Budget Commission of the Senate.
Lacalle Pou arrived at the exhibition site around 10:00 am and was received by the Minister of Transportation, José Luis Falero.
Later, he participated in a meeting with the ARU, accompanied by the Secretary of the Presidency, Álvaro Delgado; the Minister of Economy, Azucena Arbeleche; his peers from Livestock, Fernando Mattos; Work, Pablo Mieres; Interior, Luis Alberto Heber; Industry, Omar Paganini, and Foreign Affairs, Francisco Bustillo; the Undersecretary of Livestock, Juan Ignacio Buffa, and the Labor Undersecretary, Mario Aritzi; the general director of the Ministry of Livestock, Fernanda Maldonado, and the head of the National Meat Institute, Conrado Ferber. On behalf of the ARU, the president of the organization, Gonzalo Valdés, and members of the board of directors attended.
After the meeting, Minister Mattos said that it was part of the president’s traditional visit to the Expo Prado and pointed out that it included conversations on the progress of the economy and the sector in general.
In addition, he maintained that the president listened to the proposals of the ARU, focused on the general structure of production, competitiveness and issues related to the sector that are part of the Rendering of Accounts.
According to the minister, Lacalle Pou explained the different positions of the Government regarding the functioning of the economy, support for the agricultural sector, international insertion, efforts from the fiscal point of view and the more than 200 million dollars of expansion of spending contained in said document.
Then, the president toured the facilities of the fair and visited stands linked to the national industry, as well as public and private entities that present their lines of action there.
