Amid government-countryside tension, customs denounced four meat processing factories

Amid tensions between a sector of the countryside and the government over meat export quotas – the executive today announced the extension of the current quota system until October 31 – IThe General Directorate of Customs (DGA), under the Federal Revenue Administration (AFIP), verified a tax warehouse that provides services to exporters of refrigerators and identified four companies which it said falsified their declarations and labels of their packages with the aim of sending to China cuts of meat not authorized by decree.

After verifying the irregularity, the customs – which proceeds to Silvia Traverso– He denounced the four exporters for the infringements and prevented the shipments from leaving the country, reported this afternoon the organization dependent on AFIP.

Remember that on June 22, The national government ordered by Decree 408 the suspension of the export of a set of pieces of meat, with the aim of reducing prices and avoiding irregularities in the export process.

Customs inspection and control tasks revealed that “the four exporters sought to send unauthorized cuts to China by claiming that it was a forequarter or lumbar bone, while in actually it was a roast.

Within the framework of this regulation, the checks carried out by the customs officers made it possible to dismantle the maneuvers that the refrigerators were trying to carry out. Food, Frigorífico Alberdi, Black Bamboo Enterprises y Exportmeat, it has been officially declared.

The agency denounced that these companies were trying to export cuts of meat simulating others whose sale abroad is not interrupted, as ordered by the national government as part of its policy to guarantee the supply of the domestic market.

Customs inspection and control tasks revealed that “all four exporters sought to send unauthorized cuts to China claiming to be forequarters or lumbar bones, when in fact it was roast», As explained in connection with the detected maneuvers.

In one of the reported cases, the company said it was “hash cuttings (accompaniement) ”, Cup which is enabled for export, when in reality you were trying to export cover and void as cuttings. The DGA reaffirmed that it was working “in a coordinated manner with the ministries of productive development and agriculture to implement measures intended to benefit the internal market”.

In this sense, throughout this year it has established benchmarks for the export of 28 pieces of beef.

In one of the cases reported, the company said it was “cutting cuts, a cut that is allowed for export, when in reality it was trying to export slaughterhouses and dummies. as cutouts.

The reference values ​​are a tool which makes it possible to detect possible maneuvers of under-invoicing in the export which aims to dismantle possible maneuvers of tax evasion and abusive practices which affect the entry of currencies on the market of changes.

Customs had already denounced at the end of May 19 meat processing factories carrying out fraudulent meat export operations, and at that time, the total fines imposed by the agency were close to $ 6 million.

In addition to the measures ordered by Customs, there are audits initiated by the DGI headed by Virginia García on the 150 largest meat processing plants in the country where maneuvers of under-invoicing and non-declaration of transactions have been observed in 9 of the 10 establishments inspected. .

Leaders in the field have announced a halt to commercialization

Due to the extension of meat export quotas, the leaders of the Mesa de Enlace have announced a plan of struggle which will begin in the coming hours, and which could intensify after the primary elections of September 12.

This was communicated during a press conference held at the premises of the Rural Society of Santa Fe, although there were not too many details on the union actions in the productive sector.

During the morning of today, the leaders made contact with their respective bases, from where they expressed the unease that exists with the decision that the government formalized today in the Official Gazette, and the negative impact it will generate on the livestock and meat chain. . It should be recalled that yesterday the Argentine Rural Society reported that the losses in the various links of the same, already exceed $ 1,000 million.

In addition, leaders received input from other members of the meat chain, such as exporters, property agents, the meat processing industry and labor unions. The rejection of the official decision is very broad, to which is added the disappointment expressed by various sectors at Alberto Fernández’s failure to respect the promise he made to release all beef exports if the price of meat to the consumer was stabilizing or was going down, something that happened last July.

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