G/LIC/N/2/ARG/28/Add.13   
29 July 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  
Addendum  
The following notification, dated 25 July 2022, 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 Undersecretariat for Trade Policy and Management Provisions No. 8/2022 and 
No. 9/2022, published in the Official J ournal of the Argentine Republic on 4 and 11 July 2022, 
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. 8/2022 amends Annex V 
and XI of Resolution No. 523/2017 of the former Secretariat of Trade and the supplementary 
and amending regulations thereto, in order to update the list of goods subject t o automatic 
and non -automatic import licensing. Undersecretariat for Trade Policy and Management 
Provision No. 9/2022 amends Annex II and repeals Annexes VI, IX and XI of the 
aforementioned Resolution in order to update the list of goods subject to automat ic and 
non-automatic import licensing, and to simplify the current structure of the annexes with a 
view to streamlining and facilitating the interpretation and application thereof. The Provisions 
notified herein are available at:  
Undersecretariat for Trade  Policy and Management Provision No. 8/2022  
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/365000 -369999/367240/norma.htm  
Undersecretariat for Tra de Policy and Management Provision No. 9/2022  
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/365000 -369999/367747/norma.htm  
In addition, the updat ed 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.gob.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 Buenos Aires, Argentina.  G/LIC/N/2/ARG/28/Add.13  
 
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  (c) Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications  
 
The administrative body fo r 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.  
 
Importers submitting applicat ions 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 Administratio n 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 amending regulations thereto.  
 
In addition to meeting the indicated r equirement 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 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 
supplementin g and amending regulations thereto.  
 
This information can be found in the updated text of Resolution No.  523/2017, available at:  
http://servicios.inf oleg.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 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 Article 6 of Resolution 
No. 523/2017 and the supplementing and amending regulations thereto.  
Two explanatory manuals containing detailed and updated information on lice nsing 
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 Provisions No. 8/2022 and No. 9/2022, 
published in the Official Journal of the Argentine Republic on 4 and 11 July 2022, respectively, 
amending former Ministry of Trad e 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.  
 
 
1 Further information is available at: http://www.afip.gob.ar/simi . 
2 The Resolution is available at: http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInt ernet/anexos/305000 -
309999/305596/texact.htm . 
3 The Resolution is available at: http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/265000 -
269999/26 5302/norma.htm . 
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  (f) In the case of automatic import 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 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 Secretariat for Trade 
Resolution No. 523/2017 and the supplementing and amending 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 r emain 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. " (Art. 5.1).