In supermarkets, a kilo of yerba is between $ 430 and $ 570. Picture Andrés D’Elia
Announced by the Secretary of Agriculture of the Country through an award the reference values for green leaves and canchada yerba mate who will apply for the period April-October.
With a 27% increasethe raw material is at 46.89 pesos per kilo, while the dried and ready -to -grind herb is at 178.18 pesos (+28%), very far from the claims of the producers and from that proposed by the Government of Misiones at the negotiating table.
The Agriculture resolution was formed a intense excitement among herbalists and cooperatives of Misiones, who expect an amount closer to what the dryers currently pay.
The sharp decline in green leaf production due to drought caused up to 60 pesos is paid by the market per kilo, almost 30% more of what is now set by the Nation.
One of the first to criticize the award was the producers ’referent and current provincial deputy, Julio Petterson. “We are used to the country turning its back on us ”Shooting.
Described by the herbalist “embarrassing” the new prices of reference, and said that of these amounts “the National Government has turned away 54,000 families directly or indirectly living from this production.”
“It’s a price out of context, ridiculous. Undoubtedly, the Country watched and listened to the industrybecause this is what the mills offered when discussing the price. The award is only 89 cents more than the industry offers”, He sighed.
For the pro-government lawmaker, “with galloping inflation, which eats away at the economy every day, it’s like trying to cover the sun with your hand. This country thinks it handles the country’s inflation, when they have nothing to hold ”, He added.
Price difference
The expectation of the major producers is that they establish the amount is close to 65 pesos for green leaves and 250 pesos for the court to be able to deal with a context with strong rise in fuel and other key inputs for the key sector.
The Misiones government has long sought that the reference value for green yerba mate leaves placed in a dryer be approximately 60 cents a dollar, but from Agriculture they sought to “tuck” the pricesin a desperate attempt to lower inflation.
The National Institute of Yerba Mate closed the price discussion on March 15 and sent an award to Agriculture with a cost grid. The various links in the production chain they do not get along in values for the thick harvest season, which goes from April to October.
At the negotiating table are representatives of major producers, dryers, cooperatives, mills and governments of Misiones and Corrientes.
There the producers asked for 65 pesos for the green leaves put in the dryer and 250 pesos for the canchada yerba, though they are willing to give something. These amounts have the support of cooperatives, dryers and the Government of Misiones, but the industry was planted at 46 pesos for green leaves and 175 for canchada.
Since its creation, two decades ago, the National Institute of Yerba Mate has established reference prices on 20 occasions and on another 24 it has been sent to the Nation awards.
Missions (correspondent)
NE
Source: Clarin
