The president of APAMA, Alejandro Pannunzio, celebrated this morning the measure published today in the Official Gazette of the Argentine Republic that establishes the elimination of withholdings on the export of blueberries until July 31, 2021. The production of blueberries paid until today the 5% withholdings.

The elimination of withholdings on blueberry production had been one of the central issues that producers had been demanding from the government of Alberto Fernández, which is why Pannunzio said this afternoon that "with great joy we received the news today, it is a very good measure that we were asking since January of this year, when Minister Basterra received us. It was a very important issue and a fundamental measure that we had been demanding. “We see it as very positive,” he said.

At the same time, the producer explained, however, that "we hope that after July 31 it will be extended because our export campaign is from September to November, and we would also have to see how what we already paid in this 2020 campaign can be compensated as credit." tax for those of us who already closed exports and paid withholdings.

Regarding the impact of the measure, Pannunzio explained that "our production employs more than 10 workers in the area directly and indirectly, which is why also in this difficult year we greatly appreciate the effort made to raise the 2020 harvest."