Doing Business In Argentina

value of the merchandise. This charge will be calculated from the month of temporary
importation until the month when the goods were imported for consumption, which will
be no less than 12% of the value of the goods in customs unless said value is
determined to be less than when the goods were admitted for temporary importation.
Labeling and Marking Requirements Return to top
Under Argentine law 22,802/83, the Direccion de Lealtad Comercial, establishes labeling
requirements for products in Argentina. The law requires that product labels bear all the
information that the customer needs, and that information is true and valid. The
Secretariat of Industry in the Ministry of Economy ensures transparency in all business
transactions and enforces the labeling regime.
Law 22,802 of 1983, known as the Merchandise Marking Act, supersedes Law 11,275 of
1923. The current law states the general and basic labeling requirements for domestic
or imported products, as follows:
Article 1: - All packaged products sold in Argentina will bear the following information on
a printed label in a visible manner on the package or container:
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a) Name (description of product)
b) Country of origin
c) Quality, purity, or blending description
d) Net weight
All non-packaged products commercialized in country will have to comply with
requirements a), b) and c), as stated above.
Article 2: - Products manufactured in country will bear a mark that reads "Industria
Argentina". If products have been manufactured with foreign raw material, or any other
element that does not modify the nature of the product, it will still be considered an
Argentine product. Indication of the foreign origin of the component/s of the final product
is allowed; however, it has to be smaller than the original label.
Article 3: - Imported products that undergo a final local process of assembly and
finishing that does not modify the nature of the product will be considered of foreign
origin. It is optional to indicate that such a process has occurred on the product label.
Imported products manufactured with elements of different countries will be considered
as originating from the country in which it acquired its nature.
Article 4: - Labels of all products commercialized in country should be in Spanish, with
the exception of foreign words/phrases of common usage in trade. Imported products
may keep the original label of country/language of origin but should have a sticker/label
attached to the package in Spanish with the information requested in Article 1 (above).
Article 5: - The use of words, phrases, descriptions, trademarks, product literature,
brochures, etc. that may lead to error, deceit, or confusion regarding the nature, origin,
quality, quantity, etc. of the product, its features, and usage is completely forbidden.