While the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, tries increase the reserves of the Central Bank trying to To capture dollars from knowledge economy companies, the government is closely following the price of the blue dollar, which closed at $ 284 on Monday.
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Imports in September totaled $ 7.1 billion, 20% more than last year
Despite severe restrictions and a significant slowdown in energy purchases, imports reached $ 7.1 billion in September, 20% more than last year. In this way, the pace remained at “record” levels – higher than those of the last 10 years -, according to the projections of the economic team, which reflects the pressures that persist on reserves in a “tight” scenario, as stated by Minister Sergio Massa recognized this Monday.
“Technological dollar”: with tax concessions Massa seeks $ 10,000 million worth of exports in 2023
Sergio Massa led the act where he announced the “techno dollar”. Taking photos from the TV
To respond to the dollar demand of one of the sectors with the greatest potential for generating foreign currency in the country, Sergio Massa presented on Monday a battery of measures aimed at stimulating exports and investments among companies in the knowledge economy, with the focus on the generation of “skilled work”.
Unlike what was announced last month for the agro-export sector, this program is not about a differential exchange rate, but a set of permanent measures that seek to increase exports of the digital economy by 30% to bring them to 10,000 million dollars. in a year. Read more here.
Source: Clarin
