President Luis Lacalle reported that baked products will have zero VAT (Value Added Tax) for a period of one month, in terms of noodles and more derivatives of flour, both national and imported. “The point is that man does not live by bread alone., according to a popular saying.
“It has been decided in what it does to baked goods, in what it does to noodles and similar products, the exemption from VAT in what it does to nationals, an attitude similar to those who import these products and derivatives,” said the president. at a press conference in the city of Mercedes.
The price of other essential products is still under study.