Overview
- Coviar’s board approved a 45% rise in mandatory contributions for 2025, scaling down from a 71.4% adjustment recommended by the Observatorio Vitivinícola.
- The national Secretariat of Agriculture and its board representative, the Instituto Nacional de Vitivinicultura, both voted against the increase and announced plans to seek legal measures to annul it.
- Mendoza’s Ministry of Production and San Juan’s Ministry of Production, Labour and Innovation issued formal rejections and signaled steps to suspend or reverse the levy through provincial channels.
- Bodegas de Argentina questioned Coviar’s authority under the expired PEVI 2020 framework and renewed calls for the corporación’s abolition over transparency and jurisdiction concerns.
- Wine industry groups warn the levy will further burden producers already facing falling exports and weak domestic demand, intensifying debates over sector governance and fiscal sustainability.