He Minister of Finance, Mario Marcelresponded in harsh terms to the president of the CMPC, Luis Felipe Gazitúawho, in a business meeting where the Minister of Economy, Nicolás Grau, also participated, expressed the reasons that led his company to carry out projects abroad.
“When we invest outside of Chile, I have the advantage that I can compare, and there is one thing that one perceives in other Latin American countries, which have a lower level of development than ours (…) There is a conviction in public authorities that private industry is a factor of development,” he said.
He also pointed out that in the forestry sector “we do not have projects in Chile, because projects cannot be done in Chile.”
These statements, according to the newspaper Financiero, were responded to by Marcel during this day, asking for “prudence and commitment” to the CMPC, reminding it of its controversial past, specifically, when it was sanctioned – along with SCA – for collusion in the paper market. tissue, forcing it to pay a tax benefit fine of twenty thousand Annual Tax Units.
Marcel said that Gazitúa’s comments are “a decision of that company and contrast a bit with what one sees from other investors, Chilean and foreign.”
Along the same lines, he said that “in the case of a company that was involved in one of the most serious episodes of collusion in Chile, one would expect a little more prudence and commitment to the country.”
In his remarks, the Secretary of State also highlighted that Chile has seen an increase in investment.
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