The discovery of imports with the process of reducing tariffs was a measure with which the government sought to increase competition so that products could find its best price in the market. And he influenced the tires.
Thus, in May of this year, 737,431 tires for cars and trucks and 132 094 units were imported for equipment or buses. In total, the cover from the line reached 869 525.
Import boom: how did this affect the price of national tires
Checking the data on prices for a neighboring country where the Argentines came to get cheaper tires, the search in two different specific tire sites in Chile shows some examples.
Nexen Tire draws a specification of 195/75 R16 in the cost of U $ S 117 and in Argentina $ 124; Bridgestone Turanza 195/55 R15 is sold in Chile at the price of $ 121 and in Argentina at the price of 118 dollars of the USA; And Dunlop AT5 for the cost specification 112S 265/65 R17 in Chile $ 213 and in Argentina $ 232.
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Confirmation of low prices officially came from the government. This was the presidential representative of Manuel Adornie, who celebrated the data. “Thanks to a decrease in imported tariffs, roof prices fell by 15% and were already equated with Chile’s prices,” he said.
In this sense, he confirmed that “only in May he entered the country of almost 900,000 imported roofs, which contributed to competition and pushed prices for local companies.”
And he repeated that “Argentina, where businessmen hunted in the zoo at the expense of the Argentine pocket, is a thing of the past.”
