Precedents

With 35 years in the market, Ecolatina has developed a wide range of services. Our experience is the best guarantee of the continuous improvement of our services.

  1. Disloyal Commercial Practices
  2. Foreign Trade
  3. Promotional and Fiscal Incentives
  4. Competition Defense (Antitrust)
  5. Financing of Investments
  6. Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Analysis
  7. Economic studies for strategic definition and business positioning
  8. Advisory to governments and public policies
  9. Consultancy in Administration and Technology


Disloyal Commercial Practices

Dumping

  • Assistance in the defense of investigations opened by Brazil and the United States against products of the Argentine iron and steel sector (10 cases)

  • Defense of electrical energy distributors in investigations that affected the supply of some of the imported inputs. (5 cases)

  • Fireworks of Chinese origin. Representing the interests of the main businesses involved in the product imports. MEyP 620/1998 Resolution.

  • Porcellanite paving stones of Italian origin. Representation of the Italian exporters of the investigated product. MEOySP 1385/1999 Resolution.

  • Quizalofop p-ethyl of Japanese origin. Representing the interests of an import business. MEyP 20/2002 Resolution.

  • Microwave ovens of Chinese origin. Representation of the plaintiff group of companies. MP 103/2002 Resolution.

  • Air Conditioners of Chinese origin. Representation of the plaintiff group of companies. MP 74/2003 Resolution.

  • Revision of measures applied to PVC of Mexican and USA origin. Representation of the plaintiff group of companies. MP 174/2003 Resolution.

  • Glyphosate of Chinese origin.  Advising a Brazilian producing company in an investigation opened by the government of this country.

  • Glyphosate of Chinese origin. Representation of the plaintiff group of companies. MEyP 28/2004 Resolution.

  • Sun glasses and glasses frames of Chinese origin. Representation of the plaintiff group of companies. MEyP 375/2005.Resolution.

  • Thermo-magnetic switches of Chinese origin. Representation of the exporter and importer associate in Argentina. SIC y Pyme 104/2006 Resolution.

  • Cypermethrin of Indian origin. Representation of the plaintiff group of companies. MEyP 148/2006 Resolution.

  • PET of Brazilian, Korean and Taiwanese origin. Representation of the plaintiff group of companies. MEyP 486/2006 Resolution.

  • Revision of measure applied to Air Conditioners of Chinese origin. Representation of the plaintiff group of companies. MEyP 629/2006 Resolution.

  • Revision of measure applied to Microwave Ovens of Chinese origin. Representation of the plaintiff group of companies. MEP 98/2007 Resolution.

  • Acrylic Yarns of Brazilian and Indonesian origin. Representation of the only exporter from Brazil and of all the importers that commercialize their products in Argentina. MP 398/2009 Resolution.

  • Food Processors of Brazilian and Chinese origin. Representation of one of the most important importers. Ongoing investigation.

  • Chlorodifluoromethane of Chinese origin. Representation of the plaintiff company. Ongoing investigation.

Safeguards

  • Cotton fabrics and their blends of Brazilian, Chinese and Pakistani origin. Representation of the plaintiff group of companies. MEOySP 861/1999 Resolution.

  • Polyester fabrics of Korean, Indonesian, Malaysian and Taiwanese origin. Representation of the plaintiff group of companies. MEOySP 1293/1999 Resolution.

  • Fabrics of synthetic threads of Korean and Taiwanese origin. Representation of the plaintiff group of companies. MEOySP 1294/1999 Resolution.

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Foreign Trade

  • Assistance to businesses and chambers for negotiations in ALADI (Latin American Integration Association).

  • Modification of importation tariffs over more than 50 cases.

  • Advising over intra MERCOSUR negotiations. Adequation and Exceptions Regime to AEC. Origin requirements. Free zones treatment. Total: Around 30 cases.

  • MERCOSUR negotiations with third countries: Chile, Mexico and Bolivia; follow up on 7 cases.
    Tailored training to Businesses and/or Chambers.

  • Fruit and Vegetables Export Manual, 1991 edition (276 pages) and 1994/95 (399 pages).

  • Preparing the first manual directed to promote exportation of the sector, with information on markets, clients, transportation, quality, sanitary standards, packing, tariffs, banking arrangements, etc.  

  • Presentations before the Customs National Administration for the fixing of criteria values.

  • Temporary Admission. Procedures and presentation of exceptions. More than 20 cases.

  • SEBRAE. Rio de Janeiro.  Representing Argentina in the organization of the Mercotrade Negotiation Rounds 1997, 1998 and 1999, regarding the preparation, development, propagation and draw of businesses and organizations.

  • Permanent advisory to businesses over foreign buying policies of inputs and final products.

  • Non-Automatic import licenses.

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Promotional and Fiscal Incentives

  • Presentation and obtainment of Promotional benefits on more than 300 projects for a hundred businesses of diverse sectors, over the base of different regimes: Reimbursement Regimes, Industrial Specialization and Refunds, Advisory over Automotive Regime, Importation of turn-key Plants, Turn-key Plant Export, IVA Financing Regime, Mining and Forest Regime, Investments Promotion, Fiscal Credit, Used Plants Import, Capital Bonds, Tierra del Fuego, amongst others.

  • Elaborating presentations for modification, justifications and relinquishments of promotional commitments.

  • Presentation of diverse cases before official organizations for fiscal debts determination.

  • Permanent advisory over tax regulations fulfillment in different regimes of industrial promotion and foreign trade.

  • Assistance on recovery of credits of diverse origins of businesses before the State.

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Competition Defense (Antitrust)

  • Advisory in the transference of a winery’s  block of shares. Presentation and follow up until the approval by the enforcement authorities.

  • Intervention in a case of a report for abuse of dominant position of a cement elaboration plant. Analysis and follow up of the case in the corresponding official organizations.

  • Economic and legal advisory regarding the scopes and requisites of the regime, in reference to abuse of dominant position and merges and acquisitions of more than 10 businesses corresponding to the areas of Industry and Services.

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Financing of Investments

  • Assistance in the financing of more than a hundred investment projects.

  • Acceptance of more than 40 projects of Italian and Spanish credits.

  • About 25 cases of current credit assistance.

  • Assistance in the presentation of projects before International Organizations; Inter-American Development Bank (BID), World Bank (WB), Andean Development Corporation (CAF).

  • Restructuring of liabilities in businesses of pulp and paper, of electrical and telegraphic cables, of fibers and of the food sector, amongst others.

  • Projects of external debt capitalization and liabilities capitalization.

  • Evaluation of companies and credit risk for the Bank of Buenos Aires Province and the Banks of La Pampa, Neuquén, Corrientes, amongst others.

  • Restructuring program of personal real-estate loans portfolios of two private credit entities. 

  • Valuation of banking entities, proposals and procedures of integration by merging of three private credit entities, assistance in the transference of a cooperative bank.

  • Valuation of Retirement and Pension Funds Administration (AFJP) using the multiplier and comparable transactions methodology.

  • Debts Regularization Plan of the BANADE –assets in liquidation. (MEO y SO N°333/98 y 83/00 Res.).

  • Assessing and management in the renegotiation of the liabilities of 3 businesses. Official Bank diagnosis.

  • Reformulation of the National Buying outline and its comparative analysis.

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Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Analysis

  • Weekly and monthly reports on current economy, designed for business decision making.

  • Ecolatina Inflation Index (CPI-Ecolatina), under own methodologies and sampling.

  • Country uncertainty risk index (IRIP) calculated since 1984. (The first one made in the country)

  • Ecolatina´s financial risk index (IRFE) (the first one to be daily calculated after December’s 2001 default over the sovereign performing debt)

  • Sectoral Analysis and Multiannual Projections.

  • Meetings over the prevailing economic climate and perspectives.

  • Permanent Advisory and Assistance to businesses in Argentina and abroad.

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Economic studies for strategic definition and business positioning

  • Elaboration of competitive studies of the Uruguayan industry by contract with the Inter-American Development Bank. Along with ERECO (association of European consultants), CPC International and PROMESUR.

  • Definition of industrial strategies and restructuring of the automotive sector, in the computing sector, in matters of iron and steel integration with Brazil and in the creation of a common currency in the ALADI area.

  • Economic and operative feasibility study in the production of eggs for the installation of a poultry enterprise for egg production in the Misiones Province. Tobacco Cooperative of Misiones Limited / Ministry of Agriculture and Production of the province of Misiones – “Finance Assistance for the Reconversion, Technification and Diversification” Program – Tobacco Special Fund (FET).

  • Situation analysis for the Argentine flour sector, with special focus on the taxing structure of the sector. Design of a proposal of modification in the taxing structure that balances the fiscal load and reduces the incentives of tax evasion in the sector.

  • Other studies of Prefeasibility and Investment Analysis to analyze information in a critical manner towards the objective of providing businesses with an analysis that allows them to maximize business opportunities and investment processes, decreasing the uncertainty caused by the fluctuating economic and financial climate.

  • Business valuation.

  • Diagnosis of the Argentine insurance market.

  • Evaluation of insurance companies and their risk coverage for the oleaginous sector.

  • Diagnosis about the credit card market.

  • Matters of iron and steel integration with Brazil and in the creation of a common currency in the ALADI region.

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Government and Public Policies Assessment

  • -Postal Sector Analysis with its corresponding market study and diagnosis of the situation of the ex ENCOTEL. Preparing the new statute for the transformation of that State company into a Plc. (ENCOTESA) and the financial-economical valuation for its privatization. Writing the bid specifications and the regulative frame to be applied.

  • -Carrying out a study for the Housing and Environment Quality Secretariat of juridical, technical, financial and economical feasibility of the administration privatization and FONAVI’s mortgage loans portfolio collection. Bidding specification elaboration.

  • -Debt to equity swap scheme, participation deallocation, urban freeways and main roads concession and construction. Bidding call, specifications, procedures and evaluation of offers for Buenos Aires Municipality (USD 1.500 million).

  • -Contract for the definition of privatization schemes for twenty-one companies of the Ministry of Defense (along with another consultancy and two banks)

  • -Proposal evaluation study for freeways and main road systems for Autopistas Urbanas S.A

  • -Study to determine the demand of Argentine Rural Telecommunications by region, socio-economic level, etc, and offer capacity. Carried out for the National Telecommunications Commission (CNC).

  • -Strategy definition and elaboration of the bases and condition specifications and complementary information for the bidding call for the concession of 11 border crossings for the Interior Ministry’s Security Secretariat.

  • -Study of different alternatives for public and private financing of an underground network. Prepared for the Works, Public Services, Transportation and Traffic Secretariat of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires.

  • -Identification of business opportunities and potential investors for the tourism sector. (Public Bidding Nº 1/01, SECTUR 2001). Dresdner Bank acted as Financial Assessor of the consultancy.

  • -Impact evaluation of fiscal incentives given by diverse governmental levels, for Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay. Mercosur Secretariat – “Technical Support to Mercosur Trade Committee” Project (ATN-SF-10331-RG) – Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

  • -Designing and placing into effect a regional system of agricultural information to be used in the design and execution of public policies and agricultural risk management towards the benefit of small and medium producers in the countries members of the South Agricultural Council – CAS (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Chile). Argentina Bidding Foundation BID – Initiative for the Promotion of Regional Public Goods (ATN/OC-10137-RG).

  • -Impact Evaluation Study of the Irrigation and Productive Transformation Program (PRTP) of the Province of Tucumán: Irrigated Areas Development Projects of Lules y Tafí del Valle. Provincial Agricultural Services Program – PROSAP.
  • -Demonstrative control program and Basis Establishment for the eradication of screw-worm fly in MERCOSUR countries - ATN/OC-10662-RG. Mexican American Commission for the eradication of the screw-worm fly.

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Consultancy in administration and Technology.

  • SAP consultancy in the Finance Accounting area (FI) for the implementation of Electronic Invoice. Implementation of the Electronic Billing functionality with Interbanking according to RG 2177 of AFIP for CPSA and HPDA.

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