New wave of shutdowns and layoffs puts Argentine industry on alert

[MilHojas]

New wave of shutdowns and layoffs puts Argentine industry on alert - Buenos Aires Herald

The country's manufacturing sector is facing a crisis that some are calling the worst in its history

buenosairesherald.com

 

[Dim Witty]

New wave of shutdowns and layoffs puts Argentine industry on alert - Buenos Aires Herald

The country's manufacturing sector is facing a crisis that some are calling the worst in its history

buenosairesherald.com

Terrible...

 

[Ries]

I bought an Argentine made Whirlpool in February, and I love it. Its probably the best washer I have ever owned.
I also bought an Argentine Morelli gas/electric stove, and it, too, is excellent, repairable, and well priced.
So sad.
Especially in textiles, the chinese stuff thats being imported is far inferior to the Argentine textiles, yarns, fabrics and notions.

Milei has gutted the industrial policy that existed, which was far from perfect, but at least it was something.
he has replaced it with nothing.
All kinds of things that were made here are specific to Argentina- instead of cotton trapos, which last forever, you will have cheap polyester chinese cleaning rags, which fall apart, and cant be recycled.
I buy Industria Argentina whenever I can.

 

[Música]

I bought an Argentine made Whirlpool in February, and I love it. Its probably the best washer I have ever owned.
I also bought an Argentine Morelli gas/electric stove, and it, too, is excellent, repairable, and well priced.
So sad.
Especially in textiles, the chinese stuff thats being imported is far inferior to the Argentine textiles, yarns, fabrics and notions.

Milei has gutted the industrial policy that existed, which was far from perfect, but at least it was something.
he has replaced it with nothing.
All kinds of things that were made here are specific to Argentina- instead of cotton trapos, which last forever, you will have cheap polyester chinese cleaning rags, which fall apart, and cant be recycled.
I buy Industria Argentina whenever I can.

Last month I was looking at refrigerators because we need one and saw a Whirlpool one we liked but online almost all of the ones we wanted said “unavailable.” I wondered if they would come back in stock but now I know they won’t and this is the reason.

Over the years we also had found that buying Industria Argentina mostly meant quality—we are still using a trapo we bought on a visit in 2019—and that Argentina’s distance from much of the global economy meant that Argentines made do with whatever they to make whatever they could. Which also meant that “Industria Argentina” was unique to Argentina, for good or bad. To know that cheap imports and crap will continue to flow and erode those products that were made here, to flatten Argentina into “just like everywhere else,” is depressing. But like you, we will still search out those quality Industria Argentina products as much as possible.

 

[FrankPintor]

I bought an Argentine made Whirlpool in February, and I love it. Its probably the best washer I have ever owned.
I also bought an Argentine Morelli gas/electric stove, and it, too, is excellent, repairable, and well priced.
So sad.
Especially in textiles, the chinese stuff thats being imported is far inferior to the Argentine textiles, yarns, fabrics and notions.

Milei has gutted the industrial policy that existed, which was far from perfect, but at least it was something.
he has replaced it with nothing.
All kinds of things that were made here are specific to Argentina- instead of cotton trapos, which last forever, you will have cheap polyester chinese cleaning rags, which fall apart, and cant be recycled.
I buy Industria Argentina whenever I can.

I'm looking at a Morelli Fritello Duo air fryer, 190k Pesos on ML. Difficult to find much information on it, though.

 

[Ries]

ask morelli your questions directly.
I do things like that all the time- unlike in the USA, most argentine companies actually answer emails, and are family run, so the people who work there usually know the products.

Morelli – Morelli

morelli.com.ar

 

[Che1990]

The flip side to this is the inflation - as prove the figures by rubro in today’s reports by Indec for November inflation

The sectors that least increased, by far. in November are clothing and equipment

La inflación de noviembre fue de 2,5%, por encima de lo que preveía el mercado

No logra perforar el 2% y viene subiendo desde mayo pasado; sin embargo, el año podría terminar con la cifra más baja desde 2017

www.lanacion.com.ar

And it’s because they now have competition from outside.

I think it’s a great thing.

As a consumer, it gives you the freedom to choose cheap and crappy or pricey but quality.

A choice that Argentine’s didn’t previously have.

And businesses going bust? It’s a transition and let’s hope the reforma laboral helps with that.