Uruguay debates removing tax on gasoline in border cities

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Departmental Council of Paysandú has proposed that in the Uruguayan coastal area neighboring Entre Ríos, the national government should proceed “to directly eliminate the Imesi (Internal Specific Tax), which taxes gasoline at 38.57% of its retail price, for the sale of fuels in service stations on the border with Argentina”.

The departmental councilmen for the National Party, Alejandro Colacce and Braulio Álvarez, maintain that in this way, it will be possible to “reduce the gap and avoid the negative impact that the opening of borders generates at the level of the micro-region of the littoral, leaving the economy of the region safe from the strong impact of this competition due to the enormous difference in gasoline prices”.

The scenario is also complex for the cities of Entre Ríos because the Uruguayan demand for fuel coincides with the shortage of diesel oil, which is affecting a large part of Argentina.

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