The Ministry of Internal Trade agreed with the milling and bakery sector to keep the price of bread stable until December 31 to ensure citizens can “access a wide range and predictable prices for the end of the year festivities.”
The agreement was reached after the meeting held by the Secretary of Internal Trade, Roberto Feletti, together with the Undersecretary of Policies for the Internal Market, Antonio Mezmezian, with representatives of the milling industry and the Industrial Bakery Federation of the province of Buenos Aires .
At the meeting, a table was set up to coordinate a work agenda among all sectors from January 2022, in order to “develop a comprehensive policy that allows for stability and remove volatility from the price of wheat for the domestic market.”
There, the parties assumed the commitment to maintain stable the price of bread and the 25-kilogram bag of flour, which is the main input used by bakeries, until December 31, with the purpose that “the Argentine and the Argentines can access a wide range and predictable prices for the end of the year festivities, “the ministry said in a statement.
In dialogue with Télam, the president of the Argentine Federation of the Milling Industry (FAIM), Diego Cifarelli, explained that the industry “will make an effort to maintain the stability of the prices of flour”, which would be located at 1,000 pesos per month. bag plus tax for bakeries.
Cifarelli highlighted this commitment, “even more so considering that the current flour price corresponds to a wheat of $ 22,600 per ton and not a wheat of $ 26,000 as it is currently”.
In addition, he highlighted that the weight of the price of flour in bread is 20%.
On the other hand, at the meeting a table was formed to coordinate a work agenda among all sectors from January 2022, in order to “develop a comprehensive policy that allows for stability and remove volatility from the price of wheat for the Internal market”.
The meeting was attended by the president of the Argentine Federation of the Milling Industry (FAIM), Diego Cifarelli; the president of the Association of Small and Medium Milling Industries of the Argentine Republic (Apymimra), Oscar Marino; and the president and members of the Industrial Bakery Federation of the province of Buenos Aires.
This agreement is in addition to the one that was announced on Monday, December 13 by the Ministry of Internal Trade in relation to the meat sector, from which the availability of five barbecue cuts is guaranteed throughout the country at prices “significantly lower than the current in the market “.
Said barbecue cuts offered are the roast at $ 549, matambre at $ 599, empty at $ 599, roast cover at $ 499 and skirt at $ 399 per kilo and the 5 options can be obtained at the points of sale adhering to the agreement throughout the country and will be Available for purchase on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th in the week of Christmas and 29th, 30th and 31st in the week of New Years, it was reported tonight.
The secretariat detailed at the time that “the agreement is consolidated as a broader initiative and with greater coverage than the one reached last year (when it was only applied at Christmas), since it contemplates supplying businesses, both at Christmas and in the New Year. New, so that Argentines can access the cuts that are most consumed on these dates. “
“This set of measures will allow families to enjoy a wide range of representative products of average Argentine consumption at fair prices during these Holidays,” concluded Comercio Interior.
