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Commercial Information Circulars

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Ref : EIC 411/2

16 November 2009

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 581/2009

Argentina : Non-automatic Import Licensing Requirements

The Argentine Government has developed a comprehensive non-automatic import licensing system on a range of products such as footwear, paper products, bicycles, household goods, toys, tyres and tubes, motorcycles, textiles and apparel, machinery and tools and certain miscellaneous articles, etc. The product list is subject to modifications from time to time and traders were informed via Commercial Information Circulars (CIC) No. 234/2007 of 12 June 2007, No. 394/2007 of 26 October 2007, No. 622/2008 of 10 December 2008 and No.297/2009 of 9 June 2009 of the changes.

  1. In the past few months, Argentina announced several amendments to the non-automatic licensing regimes for household goods, textile products, machinery and tools, yarns and fabrics and miscellaneous goods, as well as introduced new licensing requirements for imported auto parts. Details of the arrangements and products involved can be retrieved from the relevant Argentine Resolutions available from the following webpages:

  • Resolution on amendment to the non-automatic import licensing requirements for household goods, textile products, machinery and tools, yarns and fabrics and miscellaneous goods (effective from 3 August 2009):
    -http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/155000-159999/155481/norma.htm
     

  • Resolution on the establishment of non-automatic import licensing requirement for auto parts (effective from 13 September 2009):
    -http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/155000-159999/156935/norma.htm
     

  • Resolution on amendment to the non-automatic import licensing requirement for miscellaneous goods (effective from 8 November 2009):
    -http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/155000-159999/157557/norma.htm
     

  • Resolution on amendment to the non-automatic import licensing requirements for textile products, yarns and fabrics, miscellaneous goods and auto parts (effective from 15 November 2009):
    -http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/155000-159999/159210/norma.htm

  1. Traders are advised to approach their importers in Argentina for further information or clarification of the relevance of the above measures to their exports to Argentina, if necessary.

ENQUIRIES

  1. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,




(Miss WONG Ying)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry