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Committee on Import Licensing  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5.1 -5.4 
OF THE AGREEMENTi 
ARGENTINA  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 9 December  2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Republic of Argentina.  
 
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Pursuant to Article  5 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, Argentina hereby notifies 
the adoption of the Undersecretariat for Trade Policy and Management Provision No. 38/2021, 
published in the Official  Journal  of the Argentine Republic on 17 November  2021, amend ing 
Resolution No. 523/2017 of the former Secretariat for Trade , notified in document  
G/LIC/N/2/AR G/28. 
 
(a) List of products subject to import licensing procedures  
 
Undersecretariat for Trade Policy and Management Provision No. 38/2021 replaces Annex  XI 
of Resolution No. 523/2017 of the former Secretariat for Trade  and the supplementing and 
amending regulations thereto , in order to update the list of goods subject to automatic and non -
automatic import licensing , and may be viewed  at: 
 
http:// servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/355000 -359999/356876/norma.htm  
 
In addition , the updated list  of tariff headings covered by the automatic and non -automatic 
licensing system , including the amendments introduced by the notified Provision,  may be 
viewed  at: 
 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/275000 -279999/276625/texact.htm  
 
(b) Contact point for information on eligibili ty 
 
Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade Policy and Management, under the Ministry of 
Production  Development.  
 
Julio A. R oca 651, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.  
 
(c)  Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications  
 
The administrative body for submission of applications is the Undersecretariat for Trade Policy 
and Management, attached to the Secretariat for Industry, the Knowledge Economy and 
Foreign Trade Management, under the Ministry of Production Development.  G/LIC/N/2/ARG/28/Add.1 2 
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  Importers submitting applications for automatic import licences are required to use the 
Comprehensive Import Monitoring System ,1 as approved by Joint General Resolution 
No. 4.185 -E/2018 and the amending regulations thereto of the Federal Administration of  
Public Revenue Administration and the Secretariat for Trade  (Official Journal  of 
8 January  2018)2 and to provide  the information specified in Annex I to former Secretariat for 
Trade  Resolution No. 523/2017 and the amend ing regulations  thereto . 
 
In additi on to meeting the indicated requirement for automatic licences, interested parties 
submitting applications for non -automatic import licences must be enrolled on the register 
created under former Ministry of Production Resolution No. 442/2016 (Official Jour nal of 
9 September  2016)3 and the supplementing and amending regulations thereto and enter into 
the system, for the tariff headings of the goods to be imported, the information indicated in 
Annexes II to XIV to former Secretariat for Trade  Resolution No. 523/2017 and the 
supplementing and amending regulations thereto.  
 
This information  can be found in the updated text of Resolution No. 523/2017  available at:  
 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/275000 -279999/276625/t exact.htm  
In the event that the requirements described above are not duly met within 10 working days 
of registering the import licence request, the procedure will automatically be cancelled and its 
status reflected in the system as "Baja Art. 4" ("Article 4 cancellation").  
 
For goods subject to non -automatic import licensing, the implementing authority may require 
the importer to provide any information and/or additional documents listed in Annex  XV to 
Resolution No. 523/2017 and the amendments th ereto . It may also request the intervention 
of the competent technical bodies or use background information from its own sources or 
those of third parties, and require, should it be deemed necessary, clarifications . It may also 
request the intervention of competent technical bodies, use background information from its 
own sources or those of third parties, and require, should it be deemed necessary, 
clarifications . This information must be submitted within the time limits and conditions 
established  in Artic le 6 of Resolution No.  523/2017 and the supplementing and amending 
regulations thereto . 
 
Two explanatory manuals containing detailed and updated information on licensing procedures 
can be found at:  
 
https://www.argentina.gob.ar/comprobar -licencias -automaticas -para-importaciones  
(d)  Date and name of publication where the licensing procedures are published  
 
Undersecretariat for Trade Policy and Management Provision No. 38/2021 , published in the 
Official Journal  of the Argentine Republic on 17 November  2021, amending former Secretariat 
for Trade  Resolution No. 523/2017.  
 
(e)  Indication of whether the licensing procedure is automatic or non -automatic 
according to the definitions contained in Articles 2 and 3  
 
The system uses both types of procedure.  
 
(f) In the case of automatic licensing procedures, their administrative purpose  
 
Statistical information.  
 
 
1 Further information available at: http://www.afip.gob.ar/simi . 
2 The Resolution is available for consultation at: 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/305000 -309999/305596/texact.htm . 
3 The Resolution is available for consultation at: 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/265000 -269999/265302/norma.htm . G/LIC/N/2/ARG/28/Add.1 2 
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  (g) In the case of non -automatic import licensing procedures, indication of the measure 
being implemented through the licensing procedure  
 
The purpose  of the non -automatic licensing system is to establish an appropriate prior 
verification sys tem for ensuring compliance with the conditions governing the importation of 
the goods, in accordance with the provisions of the Annexes to former Secretariat for Trade  
Resolution No. 523/2017 and  the supplementing and  amend ing regulations  thereto.  
 
(h) Expected duration of the licensing procedure if this can be estimated with some 
probability and, if not, the reason why this information cannot be provided  
 
The system will remain in place for as long as the conditions that gave rise to its 
implementation pe rsist. 
 
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i "Members which institute import licensing procedures or changes in these p rocedures shall notify the 
Committee of such within 60 days of publication [...]" (Article 5.1).