Overview
- Decree 812/2025, signed by President Javier Milei with Manuel Adorni and Luis Caputo, amends Decree 1240/2002 to prohibit INYM from actions that distort prices, limit competition or interfere with supply and demand.
- The order repeals Articles 9 and 11–19 of the 2002 regulation and instructs the institute to revise any conflicting internal rules within 30 days.
- Officials frame the change as modernization aligned with DNU 70/2023, shifting INYM toward promotion and quality control rather than price-setting or production limits.
- Government data cited by the deregulation ministry report a 44.3% drop in the real price of yerba mate since December 2023, with production up 29% and exports up 16.6% between 2023 and 2024, and exports reaching 42 million kilos by September.
- Producer groups condemn the move as harmful to small growers, some threatening to delay the summer zafriña harvest, and local reports note concern for roughly 80 INYM employees in Misiones.