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Commercial Information Circulars

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e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk

Ref. : EIC 411/3

7 June 2022

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 463/2022

Argentina : Amendments to Identification Requirements for Imported Electronic Products

The Argentine Government issued Resolution 5166/2022 to announce amendments to identification requirements for imported electronic products classified under the following Southern Common Market (Mercosur1) Common Classification (NCM) codes subject to certain specific exceptions: 8516.50.00, 8517.11.00, 8517.18.10, 8517.18.91, 8517.18.99, 8517.12.11, 8517.12.13, 8517.12.31, 8517.12.33, 8517.62.92, 8518.40.00, 8519.30.00, 8519.50.00, 8519.81.10, 8519.81.90, 8519.89.00, 8521.10.10, 8521.10.81, 8521.10.89, 8521.90.10, 8521.90.90, 8523.29.21, 8523.29.22, 8523.29.23, 8523.29.24, 8523.29.29, 8523.41.10, 8525.80.13, 8525.80.19, 8525.80.21, 8525.80.22, 8525.80.29, 8527.12.00, 8527.13.00, 8527.19.10, 8527.19.90, 8527.21.00, 8527.29.00, 8527.91.00, 8527.92.00, 8527.99.10, 8527.99.90, 8528.59.20, 8528.72.00 and 8528.73.00. The amendments provide that cell phones may be identified through their International Mobile Equipment Identify (IMEI) code or the tax stamp.

2.For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Argentina and/or the relevant Argentine Resolutions (in Spanish) available at:

Resolution 5166/2022:
https://www.argentina.gob.ar/normativa/nacional/resoluci%C3%B3n-5166-2022-362042/texto.

ENQUIRIES

3.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact Miss K Y HO at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Sandra FUNG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

1 The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. Membership of Venezuela has been temporarily suspended since 2 December 2016.

Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.