News of duties

Government to hike duties on soy products, but not corn or wheat

03-03-2020 12:19 Higher rate on soy would be President Fernández’s second farm-tax hike since he took office in December, in a reversal of the agriculture-friendly bias of the previous administration.

Bloomberg

Argentina set to hit farmers with more taxes to fix budget woes

27-02-2020 12:32 President Alberto Fernández plans to raise export levies on soybeans. The taxes will rise to 33% from the current rate of 30%, according to Bloomberg.

TRADE WAR

China to halve tariffs on $75 Billion US goods

06-02-2020 12:58 Punitive Chinese duties on American goods that were adopted from September 1 last year will be lowered, in their phase-one trade deal, as Beijing tries to contain a health crisis that threatens to slow domestic growth with repercussions around the world.

NEW MEASURES

Government raises export taxes to fund new spending

16-12-2019 06:49 Fernández is replacing a levy of four pesos per dollar for many exports with a fixed charge of nine percent, according to a decree in the Official Gazette.

BLOOMBERG

Blow for Fernández as crop windfall slips away

09-12-2019 13:42 President-elect needs all the help he can get to pull the country out of recession and make good on bond payments. But he faces a speed bump from the crop industry.

AGRICULTURE

Farmers fear impact of a Peronist victory in election

24-10-2019 09:38 After a record harvest, farmers are fearful of a Peronist victory on Sunday and their subsequent policies, yet also disappointed in President Mauricio Macri and his government.

ELECTION 2019

Agro producers export more crops for fear of incoming tax hikes

17-10-2019 08:44 Farmers and crop exporters are accelerating exports, amid concerns that a potential next government led by Alberto Fernández will up duties on their product.

AGRO POLICY

Agricultural levy on exports will remain if I'm elected, says Fernández

07-10-2019 10:43 Existing retentions on grain exports "are unfortunate," Fernández said in an interview over the weekend, but he indicated they would remain should he win election.