Paraguayan Foreign Ministry Rubén Ramírez Lescano told Congress Wednesday in Asunción that the government of President Santiago Peña was not against barges sailing through the Paraná Waterway paying toll provided there was a service in return.
Paraguay condemns measures that aggravate the situation on the waterway and annunciates measures at the Mercosur level ip.gov.py - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ip.gov.py Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Argentina did nothing to charge toll, Paraguay s Waterway Commission finds mercopress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mercopress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As of Monday last week, Argentina s General Administration of Ports (AGP) started issuing invoices for navigation settlements of the previous months. In other words, a fee began to be collected for the passage of Paraguayan cargo through the Santa Fe-Confluencia section.
Paraguayan exporters have decried over this weekend their latent concern about the Paraguay and Parana rivers low levels which might affect the grain season in January and February if no improvement is recorded, it was reported in Asunción.