Major exporters agreed that Argentina needs to “add value to its raw materials to generate jobs”

The big exporters of the country met in the cycle Democracy and development organized by Clarin and agreed that Argentina needs “add value to their raw materials to generate employment” and don’t export them directly to other countries to do so.

“For many years we have seen a developed world that constantly proclaims free trade, but when you want to implement it, you run into difficulties. So this question of free trade in the world is a utopia, everyone is fighting to take raw materials, add value. within its borders and generate work for its people. Ultimately, this is what Argentina has to do.“assured Roberto Urquía, a well-known agri-food entrepreneur at the helm of Aceitera General Deheza, one of the main players in the sector.

In this regard, he assured that the country “has, in the production of the sector and in a few other sectors of the economy, a competitive advantage and efficiency that very few countries have in the world”, since “Argentina is an excellent producer of soy, corn, wheat, sunflower, cotton, peanuts, sip “, but that these are all raw materials that must be used “create employment by adding value deep within” from the country.

In addition to Urquía, who was mayor of the municipality of General Deheza, as well as provincial and national senator of Córdoba, Martín Otero Monsegur, president of the board of directors of San Miguel Global, participated in the second panel of the cycle; Adolfo Storni, president of Extraberries, Cerezas Argentinas and Frutos de los Lagos in Argentina, and Gamorel and Estancias del Lago in Uruguay; Alejandro Vigil, Director of Oenology Catena Zapata; and Ignacio Noel, owner of Morixe.

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