G/LIC/N/2/ARG/28/Add.16  
6 March  2024 
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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  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 29 February 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Argentine Republic.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 5 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, Argentina hereby notifies  
Secretariat for Trade Resolution No. 1/2023 abolishing the automatic and non -automatic 
import  licensing system established pursuant to Secretariat for Trade Resolution No.  523/2017 and 
the amending regulations thereto, and Joint Resolution No.  5.466/2023 of the Secretariat for Trade 
and the Federal Public Revenue Administration (AFIP) abolishing the Import System of the Argentine 
Republic (SIRA) established purs uant to Joint General Resolution No. 5.271/2022 of the Secretariat 
for Trade and AFIP.  
In order to normalize and facilitate foreign trade in the Argentine Republic  and ensure the conditions 
for effective competition in the markets and predictability for all actors, Resolution No.  5.466/2023 
establishes the Import Statistical System (SEDI), a simple , efficient and transparent advance import 
information system not subject to administrative discretion.  
The WTO Committee on Import Licensing is therefore informed  that, pursuant to the Resolutions 
notified herein, the Argentine Republic no longer applies any import licensing system .  
The above Resolutions are available for consultation at :  
Secretariat for Trade Resolution No.  1/2023, published in the Official Journal of the Argentine 
Republic on 26 December 2023 . 
https://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/395000 -399999/395634/norma.htm   
Joint Resolution No.  5.466/2023 of the Secretariat for Trade and the AFIP, published in the Official 
Journal of the Argentine Republic on 26 December 2023 . 
https://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/395000 -399999/395637/texact.htm  G/LIC/N/2/ARG/28/Add.16  
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  (a) List of products subject to import licensing procedures  
N/A. 
(b) Contact point for information on eligibility  
N/A. 
(c) Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications  
N/A. 
(d) Date and name of publication where the licensing procedures are published  
N/A. 
(e) Indication of whether the licensing procedure is automatic or non -automatic 
according to the definitions contained in Articles 2 and 3  
N/A. 
(f) In the case of automatic import licensing procedures, their administrative purpose  
N/A. 
(g) In the case of non -automatic import licensing procedures, indication of the measure 
being implemented through the licensing procedure  
N/A. 
(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  
N/A. 
Pursuant to Article 5 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, Argentina hereby notifies 
the adoption of Secretariat for Trade (SC) Resolution No. 26/2022, published in the Official Journal 
of the Argentine Republic on 4 October 2022, amending Reso lution 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. 26/2022 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 former Secretariat for Trade and the sup plementary and 
amending regulations thereto.  
 
(b) SC Resolution  No. 26/2022:  
 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/370000 -374999/372579/norma.htm  
 
The updated  list of tariff headings covered by the automatic and non -automatic import 
licensing system, including the 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  
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  (c) Contact point for information on eligibility  
 
Undersecretariat for Trade Policy and Management, attached to the Secretariat for Trade of 
the Ministry of the Economy of the Nation.  
 
Julio A. Roca 651, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.  
 
(d) 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 of the Ministry of the Economy of the 
Nation.  
 
Importers submitting applications for automatic import licences are required to use, from 17 
October 2022, the Import System of the Argentine Republic (SIRA)1, as approved by Joint 
General Resolution No. 5.271/2022 of the Federal Public Revenue Administration and the 
Secretariat for Trade (Official Journal of 4 October 2022 )2, and to provide the information 
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 the 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 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 cancella tion").  
 
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 III to 
Resolution No. 523/2017 and the supplementary and amending regulations th ereto. 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 supplementary and amending 
regulations.  
 
(e) Date and name of publication where the licensing procedures are published  
 
Secretariat for Trade Resolution No. 26/2022, published in the Official Journal of the Argentine 
Republic on 4 October 2022, amending former Secretariat for Trade Resolution No.  523/2017.  
 
 
1 Further information is available at: https://www.afip.gob.ar/sira/ . 
2 Joint Resolution No. 5.271/2022 repeals Joint Resolution No. 4.185/2018 of the Federal Public 
Revenue Administration (AFIP ) and the Secretariat for Trade establishing the Comprehensive Import 
Monitoring System (SIMI). Resolution No. 5.271/2022 is available for consultation at: 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/370000 -374999/372910/norma.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.16  
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  (f) 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.  
 
(g) In the case of automatic import licensing procedures, their administrative purpose  
 
Statistical information.  
 
(h) 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 system for ensuring compliance with the conditions governing the importation of 
the goods, in accordance with the provisions of the Annexes to former Secret ariat for Trade 
Resolution No. 523/2017 and the supplementing and amending regulations thereto.  
 
(i) 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 licensing procedures or changes in these procedures shall notify the 
Committee of such within 60 days of publication." (Article 5.1).