El video discute la gran disparidad en los precios de la ropa en Argentina, donde una misma prenda puede costar 10 veces más dependiendo del lugar de compra. Se cuestiona si esta diferencia se debe a los altos impuestos o a la economía sumergida. También se compara con los precios internacionales y se debate sobre el valor actual del dólar en el país.
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00:00It's expensive, the clothes here in Argentina.
00:03I mean, Lucio, compared to other countries, right?
00:05Compared to other countries, compared to ourselves,
00:08it's as if Argentina were several countries in one.
00:10Because a brand shirt that you pay $100,000 for in a shopping mall,
00:13you can pay less than $10,000 for it in a street shop in Avellaneda.
00:17There's a salad or something.
00:19Yes, there's the salad, there's the Gran Dulce in the central market,
00:23there's Avellaneda Street.
00:25The truth is that it's impressive.
00:27And when you see so much difference, so much disparity,
00:29you say, hey, is it really worth it?
00:32Is the liberal theory true that the problem is tax payment?
00:35Well, one thing is to pay a lot of taxes,
00:38and another thing is not to pay anything, and you have everything in black.
00:40No, but you know what the issue is?
00:41We can find the middle ground.
00:44There are some brands that are located there and that take advantage of it.
00:47Of course.
00:47Where there is no criterion for something that can be worth it.
00:50Put neither 10 nor 100.
00:51$30,000, they put it at $100,000.
00:54And because the brand has already settled up there.
00:56And to have it, you see?
00:58That's the truth.
00:59The problem is who buys it.
01:00That's where the point goes.
01:02That's where the point goes.
01:03For many people, the brand issue is an aspiration.
01:05It is very important.
01:06They like to show a logo, a little thing.
01:11Especially people of more humble origins,
01:14who feel vindicated by that.
01:16The brands take advantage.
01:17Now, it's a multidimensional discussion.
01:20There are many things.
01:21But also, Guille, I say, and the truth, I say,
01:25don't tell me that taxes, social burden...
01:28I'm talking to textile businessmen.
01:30Yes.
01:31A question from Ludovico de Palermo.
01:32Why is it cheaper in the most capitalist country, Lucio?
01:35In the United States.
01:37In the United States?
01:37Well...
01:38It's much cheaper.
01:38$48.
01:39In Europe too.
01:40In Europe too.
01:41And I'm going to remind you of a phrase that Justin Bieber, the singer, said.
01:46Yes.
01:46Justin Bieber said,
01:47Paris is that place where it's cheaper to buy a shirt that you wash and cross.
01:52Of course.
01:53And in the United States too.
01:54People didn't talk about clothes.
01:56It's a great economic explanation in that phrase.
01:58Because Europe is provided with clothes produced in almost slavery conditions.
02:07In the Southeast Asia, you go to Europe, you buy a bag, a shirt, a pair of pants,
02:12Made in Taiwan, Made in RPC.
02:15What is RPC?
02:16Republic of China.
02:18Many Bangladesh.
02:19Popular Republic of China.
02:20Pakistan.
02:20Made in Bangladesh.
02:21Bangladesh.
02:22Taiwan.
02:23Pakistan.
02:24Turkey itself.
02:26There's a lot of that.
02:27In Argentina, that's why I want it to be an open and sincere discussion.
02:32And well, there's the gin.
02:34$108 in Argentina, $108 in the United States.
02:37But you can get, instead of $48, for $10.
02:40In Spain, you get $20.
02:41Yes, of course.
02:42In the United States too.
02:43Of course.
02:43In the United States, when there is...
02:45That's another topic.
02:46When there is sale.
02:46In another country there is sale.
02:48There are seconds and thirds discounts.
02:50Here they tell you,
02:51They tell you, sale, discount, and they give you a 20% discount.
02:54In the United States, the famous, what's it called?
02:56Going out of business.
02:58Yes.
02:59That's it.
02:59It's a gift.
03:00Yes, yes, yes.
03:01And it's good quality.
03:03In Spain, for example, starting on January 7th,
03:06you have the third discount of their winter, right?
03:08Look.
03:09Summer dress, $53 in Argentina, $43.
03:12But it's always higher than us.
03:14But sorry, you can't get a dress for $53, huh?
03:18Yes.
03:19Look, Mimí says it's not broken.
03:20There isn't.
03:21There isn't.
03:22Where did you go to look for it?
03:24The expensive dresses that Débora uses, I don't know what they are.
03:28No, no, anyone, except if you go to Avellaneda.
03:31Summer dress is, I mean, cheap dress.
03:33A little dress.
03:34A little dress.
03:35Yes, yes.
03:35Let's see, what else is there?
03:38And we have the...
03:38Simogine, summer dress, and the shoes.
03:40The shoes.
03:41$123.
03:43I tell you, $92, $78, you can get them for less too, huh?
03:46Yes.
03:47You can get them for less.
03:48No, it's fine, $92, a fashion shoe in the United States is $92, it's fine.
03:54No, but it's the last one, the last one, the last one, the top.
03:56Then you get what I was saying, second, third, discount.
04:00Here are two important questions.
04:02One is, if the dollar is cheap or is it expensive?
04:05Obviously, top.
04:06It's relative, of course.
04:10I'm going to bank them, I don't want a devaluation,
04:12because if there is a devaluation, the level of poverty goes up.
04:16But guys, the dollar is cheap, let's be honest, it's at a ridiculous value.
04:22Either the rest is expensive, or the salary is cheap,
04:25the energy is expensive, the oil is expensive.
04:27At any moment, we get so excited that we leave the pit, Lucio.
04:29I hope, I hope.
04:31Something is cheap and something is expensive.
04:33It seems to me that the dollar is cheap.
04:35Now, that's a point for, out there, a criticism of the government's policy,
04:41which it seems to me that the fund is going to ask it to correct it.
04:44But this is not a subject to discuss lightly,
04:47because devaluations are never free if they are not made in the country.
04:51Now, the other point, the textiles.
04:54Listen to me, everything you are doing was when you gave the official dollar.
04:58It was with the inputs that you imported when you gave the official dollar,
05:04which was very cheap, which was in the middle of the blue,
05:08the gap was more or less 100%.
05:11Energy costs are now expensive.
05:14Until last year, they were cheap.
05:16Salaries are not expensive in dollars, they are cheap.
05:20It seems to me that the textile industry also has a little to do its job
05:24and to be honest, the costs and the margins of the network.
05:27It is a smaller market, right?
05:29What happens is that many things have to do with the costs of the premises and all that,
05:33and that influences the industry a lot.
05:35There is the cost of commercialization.