G/LIC/N/2/ARG/28/Add.5   
5 March 2020 
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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 notification, dated 3 March  2020, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Argentina . 
 
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Pursuant to Article 5 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, Argentina hereby notifies  
the adoption of  Secretariat for  Industry, the Knowledge Economy and Foreign Trade Management 
Resolution No.  1/2020, publi shed in the Official Journal of the Argentine Republic  on 9 January  2020, 
amending  former Ministry of Production Resolution No. 523/2017, notified in document 
G/LIC/N/2/ARG/2 8.  
 
(a) List of products subject to import licensing procedures  
 
Secretariat for Industry, the Knowledge Economy and Foreign Trade  Management Resolution 
No. 1/2020 , published in the Official Journal of the Argentine Republic on 9 January  2020, 
replaces the annexes to Secretariat for Trade  Resolution No. 523/2017 and the amendments 
thereto , in order to update the universe of goods subject to automatic and non -automatic 
import licensing . 
 
Secretariat for Industry, the Knowledge Economy and Foreign Trade Management Resolution 
No. 1/2020 is available for consultation at : 
 
https://www.boletinoficial.gob.ar/detalleAviso/primera/224467/20200109  
http://servici os.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/verNorma.do?id=333822  
 
(b) Contact point for information on eligibility  
 
Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade Policy and Management , under the  Ministry of Production 
Development . 
 
Julio A. Roca 651, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.  
 
(c) Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications  
 
Importers submitting applications for automatic import licences are required to use the 
Comprehensive Import Monitoring System  (SIMI)1, as approved by  Joint General Reso lution 
No. 4.185 -E/2018  of the Federal Public Revenue Administration and the Secretariat for Trade , 
published in the Official Journal on 8 January  20182, and to provide the information specified 
in Annex I to former Ministry of  Produc tion Resolution No. 523/2017 , as amended by 
 
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/norma.htm . G/LIC/N/2/ARG/28/Add.5  
 
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  Secretariat for Industry, the Knowledge Economy and Foreign Trade Management Resolution 
No. 1/2020.  
 
In order to formalize  non-automatic licences in the Comprehensive Import Monitoring System 
(SIMI), interested partie s are required to : 
 
1.  Be duly enroll ed on the register created  under  Resolu tion No. 4423 of 8 September  2016 
of the former MINISTRY OF PRODUCTION or the Ministry that succeeds it . 
 
2.  Enter into  the System  the informa tion specified in Annex I to Secretariat for Industry, 
the Knowledge Economy and Foreign Trade  Management Resolution No. 1/2020 . 
 
3.  Enter  into the system, for the MERCOSUR Common Nomenclature tariff heading of the  
goods to be imported , the information indicated in  Annexes II to XIV to Secretariat for 
Industry, the Knowledge Economy and Foreign Trade  Management Resolution 
No. 1/2020 . 
 
In the event that the requirements of the preceding Article are not duly met, the interested 
party must submit the request ed information  within TEN (10) working days  of "Requerimiento 
Art. 4" ( "Article 4 request ") being  displayed in the system . 
 
If the deadline  passe s and a response from the interested party has not been received , the 
procedure will automatically  be cancelle d 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 , at any point in the procedure , to provide any informa tion and/or  additional 
document s listed  in Annex XV to the  Resolu tion. 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 . 
 
In order to comply with the provisions of  Article 5 of Secretariat for Industry, the Knowledge 
Economy and Foreign Trade  Management Resolution No. 1/2020 , the interested party must 
submit the  requested information  within TEN (10) working d ays of "Requerimiento Art. 5" 
("Article 5 request ") being  displayed  in the system . If the deadline passe s and a response 
from the interested party has not been received , the procedure will automatically be cancelled 
and its status reflected  in the system as "Baja Art. 6" ( "Article 6 cancellation "). In the event 
that the interested party provides  an incomplete response or  one that  does not fully 
correspond with the information request ed, they wil l be sent a new request to be fulfilled 
within FIVE (5) working days  of "Requerimiento adicional Art. 5 " ("Article 5 additional 
request ") being  displayed , so that they c an adapt, recti fy and/or  complet e the document s 
and/or informa tion accordingly . If the deadline passe s and the interested party has failed to  
fully compl y with the request , the procedure will be automatically cancelled and its status 
reflected in the system as "Baja Art. 6 " ("Article 6 cancellation "). 
 
(d) Date and name of publication where the licensing procedures are published  
 
Secre tariat for Industry,  the Knowledge Economy and Foreign Trade  Management Resolution 
No. 1/2020 , published in the Official Journal of the Argentine Republic on 9 January 2020 , 
amend ing former Ministry of Production 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 o f automatic import licensing procedures, their administrative purpose  
 
Statistical information . 
 
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.5  
 
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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 aim of the non -automatic licensing system is to establish an appropriate prior verification 
system for ensuring compliance with the conditions governing the importation of the goods, 
in accordance with the provisions of the Annexes to former Ministry of Production Resolu tion 
No. 523/2017  and the amendments thereto , former Secretariat for Trade Resolu tions 
No. 898/2017, N o. 5-E/2018, N o. 170/2018, N o. 507/2018 and No. 526/2018 , and Secretariat 
for Industry, the Knowledge Economy and Foreign Trade Management Resolution No. 1/202.  
 
(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 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)