The Secretary of Commerce, Matías Tombolini, announced this Tuesday afternoon the implementation of a basket of seasonal fruits and vegetables within the “Fair Prices” program, which will be available from this Wednesday and It will be valid throughout March in the AMBA region.
This agreement “is very important because the sector showed a very high volatility (…) and allows to moderate these increases”, in addition to granting “order and predictability at the table of the Argentines”, Tombolini said in a presentation to the press.
The agreed basket, which It will be valid from March 1 to March 31.is made up of seven relevant products for the average consumer and at convenient prices: potato, tomato, lettuce, apple, onion and Ecuadorian banana and subtropical banana.
The prices per kilo agreed with suppliers of the Central Market and representatives of the Association of United Supermarkets (ASU) will be the following: black potato, $189; round tomato, $299; lettuce, $569; royal gala apple, $399; onion, $189; Ecuadorian banana, $470; and subtropical banana, $360.
“The possibility of building this basket, which represents what is most consumed by Argentines, is very important to us because the sector showed extremely high volatility and it was seen in the rise in prices,” explained Tombolini.
“That invites us to announce these prices for 30 days and inaugurate a boarding mechanism that we will renew every month,” said the Secretary of Commerce during the presentation of the agreement.
In this sense, he praised the work in conjunction with the Central Market and the operators and celebrated “the commitment not with the national State, but with each Argentine and each Argentine in the AMBA area who expects to see a stable price on the gondolas.”
And closed: “This agreement also follows the instruction of Minister Sergio Massawithin the framework of a road map, of a fiscal order and of reserve accumulation, is complemented by the increase in the supply of goods and the construction of price agreements, under the idea of bringing order and predictability to the table of the Argentines ”.
The products of the agreement -which will be available in the large supermarket chains of the AMBA- will keep their prices fixed for a month with the aim of “bringing relief to the pockets of Argentines and providing order, predictability and availability of supply for the sector “The portfolio said in a statement.
At the end of the term, new price and product guidelines will be renegotiated, taking into account the seasonality that characterizes the sector. According to official sources confirmed to Télam, The intention is to continue the basket in the following months.
On the other hand, they trust that the prices set for these products will also serve as a reference in neighborhood greengrocers.
The Undersecretary of Actions for the Defense of Consumers, Lucila Bueti; the undersecretary of Policies for the Internal Market, Gustavo Faskowicz; and the Executive Coordinator of the Price Observatory, Anastasia Daicich.
Also present were the representative of the Central Market Oscar Liverotti; the executive director of the United Supermarkets Association (ASU), Juan Vasco Martínez; and the representatives of Cuadro Norte, Federico Bayacasal; from Frutícola Saturno, Rogelio González; from Cencosud, Christian Candás; from Carrefour, Nestor Sist; from Camabana, Juan Lastra; from Agro el Corralito, Martín Viola; from Pradan SA, Guillermo Gottfriedt; and from Maguos SA, Gustavo Pérez.
