Import Restrictions To Be Lifted

[Gringoboy]

No one is suggesting free trade along the lines of the Menem years, but the situation currently is that trading companies are being held with a gun to their heads in Arg at the moment.
The decision process to allow an import through is arbitrary, full of intentional hurdles and totally corrupt. That's the kind of bureaucracy that was rife in Soviet Russia and is being imposed here in 2015.

 

[Rich One]

Wrong.
This isn't a duties issue, it's mainly focused on the Declaraciones Juradas Anticipadas de Importaciones (DJAI) which importers and even citizens like you and me have had to complete (or similar), which in turn had to be approved by the secretary of commerce.We know who was in that position at the height of this loony situation, one Willy Moreno, the discredited Sec Comm who now resides in exile in Italy.
It was in fact his bright idea to insist on Mitsubishi et al having to buy bottled water from Mendoza in equal quantities to their luxury 4 x 4's.
According to most news outlets, this will no longer be a requirement from 31st December.
I'm not suggesting that the magic fairy will wave her wand at the end of the year; I've lived here long enough by now and at least it's a glimmer at the end of the tunnel.

I said Restrictions and Duties the DJAI falls under trade restrictions, the WTO ruling in the article you quoted refereed only to This issue of the Exchange of Import /Export of products ..!! Wines , Water etc,

some people in the Forum read this as if they could import whatever they wanted No import restrictions..?? Some want to import Harley's j No changes will take place in by Jan 2016 .

 

[Gringoboy]

The DJAI is a punitive restriction Rich One and the one-for-one was a pathetic ploy to balance the books.
I don't think anyone on this forum reads it like it's a free for all, frankly.
You and I both know that the restrictions on BOTH imports and EXPORTS is not a healthy way to run an economy and has helped isolate this country, along with a slew of other bodged measures.
Now, if I were president of this country............................................................

 

[ARbound]

you can!! lets check the last dictatorship to see how it was

There you have it folks, an Argentina without Kirchnerism/Peronism is literally dictatorship
according to Matias.

Let's call this exhibit 97,000 (and counting) on the list of 100% rational, based in reality and
certified non-Campora points of view he holds.

 

[Matiasba]

There you have it folks, an Argentina without Kirchnerism/Peronism is literally dictatorship
according to Matias.

Let's call this exhibit 97,000 (and counting) on the list of 100% rational, based in reality and
certified non-Campora points of view he holds.

What I meant, is that if you want peronism reduced to its minimum exp<b></b>ression, almost eliminated, practically non existant, you should check the last dictatorship. And then, if you want more presence of peronismo (cause, you know, you might consider that government extreme and violent) you may have to pass for all the dictatorships the country had, where peronismo was explicitly prohibited, to get to the Alfonsin government, who did not end very well. Personally I will add Menems government as I said many times here that I do not consider that peronism, but I could give you that.

 

[mikic007]

I see red, when I hear word peronismo... No one really knows what it is or what is not, but is obviously some great force that makes Argentina inferior to any other nation...

 

[ajoknoblauch]

What I meant, is that if you want peronism reduced to its minimum exp<b></b>ression, almost eliminated, practically non existant, you should check the last dictatorship. And then, if you want more presence of peronismo (cause, you know, you might consider that government extreme and violent) you may have to pass for all the dictatorships the country had, where peronismo was explicitly prohibited, to get to the Alfonsin government, who did not end very well. Personally I will add Menems government as I said many times here that I do not consider that peronism, but I could give you that.

In reality, Peronism stands on a foundation of dictatorship and militarism.

 

[Ceviche]

THAT good is the Argentine State that gives me free education without asking anything in exchange!

Being a Argentine myself, I hate it.

I hope the free education is stopped for any non Argentine

 

[scotttswan]

I am all for freer trade, but free trade is a racket. To make some analogies, let's take four countries -- Argentina, Germany, the United States and Greece -- and personify them:

1) Argentina would be the person who has a job (albeit a low paying one), buys only what she/he can afford, and never pays with credit.

But hasn't Argentina taken loans from Venezuela at high interest rates? Loans from China, Russia etc...

 

[sesamosinsal]

But hasn't Argentina taken loans from Venezuela at high interest rates? Loans from China, Russia etc...

You are correct. My analogies were obviously a bit simplified; every country has debt to some degree. The world operates on a debt-based monetary system. Argentina's debt-to-GDP ratio is among the lowest -- lower than Germany's, however.

I was referencing more the trade balances and current accounts of these countries. Most of the world's countries that are in deep economic crises are really divided by these two indicators. The solutions are various. Ideally, in Argentina, the country would produce more, but for that, it likely needs access to foreign capital, something that will only happen if the dispute with the vulture funds is ever resolved.