Thursday, January 19, 2012
De Mendiguren blasts Brazil's concerns over import restrictions
The head of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA), José Ignacio de Mendiguren, assured today that the complaints made by Brazil over the Argentine import restrictions are “unjustified.”
“The current figures of both countries joint business dictate that the tenor of the statements made by Brazilian Industry and Foreign Trade Minister Fernando Pimentel are totally unjustified”, said the lobbyist.
Likewise, de Mendiguren remembered that “for the past 80 months, Brazil has had a positive trade balance with Argentina”, and added, “Brazil’s exports to Argentina increased by 25 percent during the last period.”
Yesterday, Pimentel said that “Argentina has been a permanent problem” due to the import obstacles imposed by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s administration.
“We have good political relations, but we have permanent difficulties with regard to trade,” the minister said yesterday.
Pimentel is the first Brazilian politician to publically criticize Argentina’s trade policies; a week after the AFIP tax agency implemented the advance import sworn statement (DJAI), which comes into force on February 1.
“The current figures of both countries joint business dictate that the tenor of the statements made by Brazilian Industry and Foreign Trade Minister Fernando Pimentel are totally unjustified”, said the lobbyist.
Likewise, de Mendiguren remembered that “for the past 80 months, Brazil has had a positive trade balance with Argentina”, and added, “Brazil’s exports to Argentina increased by 25 percent during the last period.”
Yesterday, Pimentel said that “Argentina has been a permanent problem” due to the import obstacles imposed by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s administration.
“We have good political relations, but we have permanent difficulties with regard to trade,” the minister said yesterday.
Pimentel is the first Brazilian politician to publically criticize Argentina’s trade policies; a week after the AFIP tax agency implemented the advance import sworn statement (DJAI), which comes into force on February 1.
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