G/LIC/N/2/ARG/28/Add.14/Rev.1   
17 October 2022  
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Committee on Import Licensing  Original: Spanish  
 
  
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5.1 TO 5.4 OF THE AGREEMENTi 
ARGENTINA  
Revision  
The following communication, originally received on 7 September 2022, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of the Argentine Republic for Members' information.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 5 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, Argentina hereby notifies 
the adoption of Secretariat for Trade (SC) Resolution No. 1/2022, published i n the Official Journal of 
the Argentine Republic on 25 August 2022, amending Resolution No. 523/2017 of the former 
Secretariat for Trade, notified in document G/LIC/N/2/ARG/28.  
 
(a) List of products subject to import licensing procedures  
 
The purpose of SC Resolution No. 1/2022 is to update the list of goods subject to automatic 
and non -automatic import licensing, and to simplify the current structure of the annexes to 
Resolution No. 523/2017 of the Secretariat for Trade and the supplementa ry and amending 
regulations thereto, with a view to streamlining and facilitating their interpretation and 
application. In this regard, in order to avoid the dispersion of regulations, Annexes IV, V, VII, 
VIII, X, XIII and XIV are repealed in their entiret y, and the range of tariff headings  of the 
MERCOSUR Common Nomenclature (MCN) covered by the processing of non -automatic import 
licences are united in a single annex (Annex II).  
 
SC Resolution No. 1/2022:  
 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/370000 -374999/370338/norma.htm  
 
The updated  list of tariff headings covered by the automatic and non -automatic import 
licensing system, including th e amendments made through the Resolution notified herein, may 
be viewed in full in Annex II to Resolution No. 523/2017, which may be consulted through this 
link: 
 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/275000 -279999/276625/texact.htm  
 
(b) Contact information on eligibility  
 
Undersecretariat for Trade Policy and Management, under the Ministry of the Economy.  
 
Julio A. Roca 651, Ciudad Autón oma 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 Trade, under the Ministry of the Economy.  G/LIC/N/2/ARG/28/Add.14/Rev.1  
 
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Importers submitting applications for automatic import licences are required to use the 
Comprehensive Import Monitoring System1, as approved by Joint General Resolution 
No.4.185 -E/2018 of the Federal Public Revenue Administration and the Secretariat for Trade 
(Official Journal of 8 January 2018)2 and the supplementary and amending regulations 
thereto , and to provide the informati on specified in Annex I to former Secretariat for Trade 
Resolution No. 523/2017 and the supplementary and amending regulations thereto.  
 
In addition 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 (Official Journal of 
9 September 2016)3 and the supplementary and amending regulations thereto , and enter into 
the system, for t he tariff headings of the goods to be imported, the information indicated in 
Annex II(2) to former Secretariat for Trade Resolution No. 523/2017 and the supplementary 
and amending regulations thereto.  
 
This information can be found in the updated text of R esolution No.  523/2017 available at:  
 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/275000 -279999/276625/texact.htm  
 
In the event that the re quirements 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 subje ct to non -automatic import licensing, the implementing authority may require 
the importer to provide any information and/or additional documents listed in Annex III to 
Resolution No. 523/2017 and the supplementary and amending regulations thereto. 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 laid 
down in Article 6 of Resolution No.  523/2017 and its amending regulations.  
 
Two explanatory manuals containing detailed and updated information on import 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  
 
Secretariat for Trade Resolution No. 1/2022, published in the Official Journal of the Argentine 
Republic on 25 August 2022, 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 utilizes both types of procedures.  
 
(f) In the case of automatic import licensing procedures, their administrative purpose  
 
Statistical information.  
 
(g) In the case of non -automa tic 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 system for ensuring compliance with the condit ions governing the importation of 
 
1 Further information is 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 Resoluti on is available for consultation at: 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/265000 -269999/265302/norma.htm . G/LIC/N/2/ARG/28/Add.14/Rev.1  
 
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the goods, in accordance with the provisions of the Annexes to former Secretariat for Trade 
Resolution No. 523/2017 and the supplementing and amending regulations thereto.  
 
(h) Expected duration of the licensing procedure if t his 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 persist.  
 
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i "Members which institute import licensing procedures or changes in these procedures shall notify the 
Committee of such within 60 days of publication [...]" (Article 5.1).