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Please note that VAT and Profits Tax are deductible from gross income tax.<br />
The following offices are responsible for drafting customs rules, regulations and tariffs:<br />
3/4/2008<br />
National Tax Bureau, Ministry of Economy:<br />
Direccion Nacional de Impuestos<br />
Ministerio de Economia<br />
Hipólito Yrigoyen 250, Piso 9, Of. 903<br />
(C1109ADA) Buenos Aires, <strong>Argentina</strong><br />
Tel: (54-11) 4349-6968/70<br />
Fax: (54-11) 4349-6965<br />
Contact: Cpn. Daniel Martin, National Director<br />
E-mail: pmagli@mecon.gov.ar<br />
Technical Administration, Argentine Customs Bureau:<br />
Subdireccion General Técnico Legal Aduanera<br />
Dirección General de Aduanas (DGA)<br />
Administración Federal de <strong>In</strong>gresos Públicos - AFIP<br />
Azopardo 350, Piso 2<br />
C1107ADD Buenos Aires, <strong>Argentina</strong><br />
Phone: (54-11) 4338-6736 / 6738<br />
Fax: (54-11) 4338-6739<br />
URL: www.afip.gov.ar<br />
Contact: Dr. Jorge Alberto De Cicco, Deputy Director General for Customs<br />
E-mail: mtirabassi@afip.gov.ar<br />
Non-Tariff Barriers<br />
Generally, there are no preliminary requirements for imports, and document<br />
requirements are relatively simple. However, certain types of goods may only be<br />
imported into <strong>Argentina</strong> with a permit from the pertinent authority. <strong>In</strong> addition,<br />
Government officials have used phytosanitary rules, safeguard measures involving<br />
specific duties, anti-dumping investigations and other practices to inhibit imports and<br />
protect domestic industry. <strong>Argentina</strong> continues to delay issuance of health certificates<br />
that would allow the resumption of exports of poultry meat and products from the United<br />
States; <strong>Argentina</strong> imposes a number of trade restrictions, including safeguard provisions<br />
on Brazilian color televisions; <strong>Argentina</strong> currently imposes anti-dumping duties on<br />
imports of U.S. polyvinyl chloride. Most recently, the government imposed new nonautomatic<br />
licenses on toys, soccer balls, footwear parts, some used equipment, and<br />
bicycle tires and tubes, requiring importers to obtain an import certificate reviewed by<br />
Argentine government authorities.<br />
Prior government approval is required for imports of sensitive goods such as<br />
pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, insecticides, veterinary products, medical devices, and<br />
defense materials, cosmetics and toiletries, and others. Many such products are subject<br />
to registration, presentation of a sanitary certificate issued by a competent authority in<br />
the exporting country or other requisites to protect human, animal or plant health. Also
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