Tag: Hector Cristaldo

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2024 - 22:30 UTC

  Downspout affects Paraguayan foreign trade freight rates

  

  Paraguayan import/export operations, which are heavily dependent on barge transport through the Paraná and Paraguay Rivers, saw costs go up 29.2% interannually in July as lower water levels limited both navigation and the amount of cargo each vessel can carry. In the third week of August, the Paraguay River was one centimeter above its historical minimum.

• Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 20:47 UTC

  Paraguay foresees worst soybean harvest in 25 years

  

  The Union of Production Guilds Paraguay Wednesday said it foresaw 2022 will be a tough year for the agricultural sector due to the current drought which will mean, among other setbacks, the worst soybean harvest in the last 25 years, or US $ 2 billion less to the country's economy.

• Saturday, April 10th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Paraguay grosses US $ 474 million in March for soybean exports

  

  According to a report from Paraguay's National Customs Directorate (DNA) released Friday, exports of soybean and its derivatives bounced back in March up to 1.1 million tons, worth US $ 474.4 million.

• Thursday, October 17th 2013 - 05:27 UTC

  Paraguay vetoes bill imposing 10% export tax on cereals and oilseeds

  

  Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes vetoed the bill imposing a 10% tax on export of cereals and oilseeds in their natural state recently approved by a divided Congress, arguing it was “highly distortive and regressive”. The bill now returns to the legislative.

• Friday, October 11th 2013 - 13:11 UTC

  Paraguay congress votes 10% export tax on grains and soybeans. Cartes expected to veto the bill

  

  A controversial bill imposing a 10% tax on grains and oil seeds exported in their natural state was finally approved by the Paraguayan congress. The bill presented in 2012 was passed in the Senate, rejected in the Lower House and again ratified by the Upper House, however Deputies could not round up the necessary 53 votes to again reject it.