the State proposes an settlement to decrease the value of sure meals | EUROtoday

LNegotiations have superior, however the disaster continues. Per week after the resumption of violence in Martinique to protest in opposition to the excessive price of residing, the prefecture introduced the signing of an settlement with massive retailers to decrease the costs of 6,000 meals merchandise by round 20% by eradicating the Tax on added worth (VAT) and dock dues. However, the primary motion behind the mobilization has not ratified the textual content.

“This protocol has the triple objective of lowering the prices of food products, increasing transparency and strengthening controls in the establishment of prices for all products consumed in Martinique, and boosting local food production as well as the economic development of Martinique,” ​​signifies the prefect of Martinique, Jean-Christophe Bouvier, in a press launch revealed on X Wednesday, October 16 within the night native time.

“The accumulation of collective efforts provided for in the protocol will allow hypermarkets to make a reduction of 20% on average in the sales prices currently practiced on a list of 54 product families corresponding to the most consumed food products in Martinique,” ​​continues the press launch. Concretely, VAT and dock dues should be eradicated on 54 households of merchandise which embody, amongst others, pasta, milk, butter, crimson beans and even cheese.

The sea dues are a tax particular to the Overseas Departments, utilized to imported items. It has been in power in Martinique since 1670, based on the customs portal. The settlement offered this Wednesday night additionally gives for VAT to be canceled on 15 different sorts of meals, together with apples, oranges and rusks.

The RPPRAC didn’t signal

State, parliamentarians, value observatory, importers-wholesalers, distributors, port authorities, shipowners… if many of the island’s stakeholders have signed the settlement, one main absentee stays: the Rally for the Protection of Peoples and Resources Afro-Caribbean (RPPRAC). The collective, the driving power behind the riots which have agitated the island of the Antilles for the reason that begin of the college yr, slammed the door on negotiations and known as for “continuing the movement”.

The resumption of violence in latest weeks has led to the loss of life of three individuals and the damage of dozens of others. The Aimé-Césaire airport in Fort-de-France was even closed for a number of hours after being invaded by crowds. A dangerous state of affairs which led the Martinique prefecture to determine a curfew on October 10. The measure has been prolonged till subsequent Monday, October 21, regardless of the previous few days being calmer.

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