Los industry sector numbers they have not been good for Santa Fe in the first quarter. Estimates do not improve for the following months. About, Alejandro Taborda, president of the Industrial Union of Santa Feaffirmed that a comprehensive economic plan is necessary.
“Santa Fe has been hit by drought, is the province that was most affected by this problem. This brought with it some loss of activity, especially in areas where we were strong, such as agricultural machinery or transportation. You also have to add the issue of imports, although it is much better oiled, because the Secretary of Foreign Trade makes arrangements. But today we have a payment problemthey differ, the suppliers restricted the delivery in the country because we have difficulties to pay”, detailed in dialogue with Hugo Isaak for Cadena OH!
Thus, he affirmed that they had a first quarter that closed with some negative numbers. Santa Fe, as it was the province that recovered the most and led the industrial growth of the entire country, today is quite affected by the drought crisis. To this first balance are added pessimistic estimates for the following months.
“First we need the foreign trade normalizationthis type of patches of the different dollars is detrimental to industrial exports. Why pay one sector and not others. The official dollar is not there and that causes internal costs to skyrocket. The distributors quote the dollar that seems to them, when you want to import it is very difficultThis makes industrial activity difficult and, added to the increase in interest rates, means that activity is not growing,” he claimed.
“The industrialists when we have work and financing according to We grow, we make it strong, we recover jobsWe do not expel staff. But obviously it requires four or five things that are not there today, and we are concerned. One waits for the governments that end and the possible candidates but we are not seeing a plan. We see easy discussions, but we need to have a central bank that is not stupid like ours. He has to take care of inflation, the value of the currency, the flows of funds from abroad, but he doesn’t do any of that.”
But it is not all negative. For Taborda, the industrial sector has been accommodating with import substitution, and there is a strong mining supplier industryof the gas, which is working well, as well as the automotive aftermarket. “Some settled in better than others. We hope to continue with our efforts and that new jobs be taken, that is what we want.”
