The national government is considering launching an economic school basket

February 8, 2011  |   Filed under: Economics  |   Posted by:

City of Buenos Aires, February 8, 2011

The Internal Trade Secretariat seeks an agreement on school products to present during the first days of March and to convince employers, it would authorize hikes of 10.5 percent.

Interior Commerce Secretary Guillermo Moreno is carrying on several negotiations with the companies in charge of the manufactures of school supplies in order to allow the creation of an economic basket for children of low resourced families.

The basket would be sold as a hole in bookstores and supermarkets all over the country, and it will contain all the basic materials needed for school.

At the current prices, buying all the utensils required for high schools would cost at least 80 pesos (20 dollars).

Moreno is trying to get manufacturers to sell products with a 25% discount, but will allow them to increase prices on other products to compensate.

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