In this context, the president of the Santa Fe Housewares Chamber, Jose Lilinospoke with the cell phone AIR about the situation of the sector. Although they recorded a significant drop in sales, they are optimistic about the drop in prices for some products and remain cautious with the announced reduction in tariffs.
“Unfortunately, we see that the consumer situation means that this is very withdrawn. For three months the situation has been bad in sales because at the end of January the season ended, in February there were many holidays and then classes came, the cold that starts and price increases,” Lilino explained.
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Along these lines, he said that during the previous week he held a meeting in Buenos Aires with colleagues from the entire country: “The falls range from 45% to 60% in some places,” he assured.
Lilino, meanwhile, described the lowering of import tariffs as “interesting,” but clarified that the truth of what happens with prices will be reflected “after 45 days.”
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“The measure covers products such as refrigerators, washing machines and they are looking at the issue of bringing spare parts to assemble products such as air conditioning kits. Everything is going to be very slow and we are not optimistic that there will be a substantial drop in prices.“he remarked.
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And he added: “We also don’t know if the products they are going to bring are going to be high-end or those that reach the average consumer. Before, a 35% tariff was paid on a refrigerator, a washing machine or an air conditioner. Now it is “He talks about 20% and we have to see what happens with that 15%.”
Regarding the future of the sector, Lilino said: “I was pleasantly surprised because, by the end of the year, An air conditioner was worth almost a million pesos and today the same product is being sold for 600,000 pesos“.
José Lilino, president of the Santa Fe Housewares Chamber
José Lilino, president of the Santa Fe Housewares Chamber.
“So It also happened with the part of LED products and other items that were accommodated after having made a very high precautionary ceiling because we had a dollar of almost 1,200 pesos and today the gap with the official one is very close,” he added.
And he closed: “We believe that there is stability. In December, increases ranged between 8% and 12% monthly, and Today we have companies that have not increased for three months and others that increase only 3%, which is still a lot, but it is positive.
