G/LIC/N/2/ARG /28/Add.11   
22 November  2021 
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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 November 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 Undersecretariat for Trade Policy and Management Provisions No. 3 5/2021 and 
No  36/2021, published in  the Official Journal of the Argentine Republic on 1 October 2021  and 
6 October  2021, respectively, amending former Ministry of Trade  Resolution No. 523/2017, notified 
in document G/LIC/N/2/ARG/28.  
 
(a) List of products subject to import licensing procedures  
Undersecretariat for Trade Policy and Management Provision No. 35/2021 replaces Annex XI 
of Resolution No. 523/2017 of the former Secretariat of Trade and the supplementary and 
amend ing regulations  thereto, in order to update the list of goods subject to automatic and 
non-automatic import licensing.  Undersecretariat for  Trade Policy and Management Provision 
No. 36/2021 simply corrects an error made during the preparation of the Annex to 
Undersecretariat for Trade Policy and Management Provision  No. 35/2021.   
 
Undersecretariat for Trade Policy and Management Provision s No. 35/2021 and No. 36/2021 
are available at:  
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/350000 -354999/354820/norma.htm  
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/350000 -354999/354952/norma.htm  
In addition, the updated list of tariff headings covered by the automatic and non-automatic 
import licensing system , including the amendments made through the Provisions notified 
herein , is available at:  
http://servicios.infoleg.go b.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/275000 -279999/276625/texact.htm  
(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 Bueno s Aires, Argentina.  G/LIC/N/2/ARG/28/Add.11  
 
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  (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 Econom y and 
Foreign Trade Management, under the Ministry of Production Development.  
 
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 Ministry o f 
Trade  Resolution No. 523/2017 and the 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. 442/2016 (Official Journal of 
9 September 2016) ,3 and the supplementary and amending regulations thereto,  and enter 
into the system, for the tariff headings of the goods to be imported, the informati on indicated 
in Annexes II to XIV to former Ministry of Trade Resolution No. 523/2017 and the 
supplementary 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/texact.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 thereto . 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.  This 
information must be submitted within the time limits and conditions laid down in Article 6 of 
Resolution N o. 523/2017 and its supplementing and amending regulations.   
 
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 s No. 35/2021 and No. 36/2021 , 
published in the Official Journal of the Argentine Republic on 1 October  2021 and 
6 October  2021, respectively , amending former Secretariat of Trade Resolution 
No. 523/2017.  
 
1 More 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 . 
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  (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.  
(g) In the case of non -automatic import licensing procedures, indication of the measure 
being implemented through the licensing procedure  
The purpose of t he non -automatic licensing system  is to establish an a ppropriate  prior 
verification system for ensur ing compliance with the conditions governing the importation of 
the goods,  in accordance with the provisions of the Annexes to former Secretar iat of Trade 
Resolution No. 523/2017 and the supplementary  and amending r egulations  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 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).