Políticas de promoción sectorial en Argentina: el caso de las plantaciones forestales y la conformación del sector forestoindustrial

Abstract

Since the middle of the twentieth century (law 13273) to date, Argentina reached 1.3 million hectares of forest plantations, which supply more than 90% of the industrial demand. The general objective of the present article is to analyze the evolution of the forestry sector within the framework of the State policy of promotion of plantations in Argentina. In addition to the characterization of the promotional instruments implemented to date, a comparative analysis of the development of Argentina’s primary and secondary forestry sector vis-à-vis to that of Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. In view of the expiration of the Promotion Law (26432), we propose the implementation of new promotional mechanisms differentiated by region with forest potential according to the destination of the plantations (industries, environmental services or a combination of them).