The Nation once again implemented duty for the import of notebooks and tablets with the purpose of “strengthen the industrial sector in question”which raises the tax from zero to 8% and 16%, depending on the case, as of March 15. According to the Córdoba Stock Exchange, this is not an isolated event, and it occurs in line with the strong progress in the imposition of trade barriers in recent years.
This results in higher costs faced by the entire population, threatens the insertion in the rest of the world of the productive sector and therefore, decreases the generation of foreign currency. Also has price impactwhich will end up aggravating the situation as the inflation annual in 3 digits, the highest figure in the last 30 years.
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Source: Córdoba Stock Exchange