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Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Brand Hong Kong - Asia world city

Commercial Information Circulars

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

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

Ref. : EIC 411/3

19 January 2023

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 74/2023

Argentina : Setting Criterion Value for Certain Toy Products

The Argentine Government issued Resolution 5302/2022 to set a criterion value of US$5.06 per kilogramme for certain toy products classified under Southern Common Market (Mercosur1) Common Classification (NCM) code 9503.00.99 from various sources, including Hong Kong and the Mainland of China.

2.Imports with a declared value lower than the criterion value require payment of a guarantee equivalent to the difference in duties to be paid on the declared value and that on the criterion value.

3.For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Argentina and/or the relevant Argentine Resolution (in Spanish) available at: https://www.boletinoficial.gob.ar/detalleAviso/primera/277715/20221214.

ENQUIRIES

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

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Priscilla MOK)
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.