Argentina’s delay in dispatching imports is irritating trade partners

Thursday, May 27th 2010 - 09:11 UTC

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Since the controversial Argentine Interior Commerce Secretary Guillermo Moreno announced in an April 23 letter that he will examine overseas purchases to consider the competitiveness of the national market, products worth millions of dollars have been delayed at Argentina’s borders and ports. Read full article

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globetrotter
This doesnt only apply to commercial imports...ever sent anything home from overseas? AFIP is a pain in the ass. It takes on average, 4 days to send a small parcel from anywhere else in the world to Argentina but, processing time takes another 20 days on average followed by a further 4-5 days forwarding to the adressee who, invariably, has to travel some distance to pay the import duty which is not just the 15% tasa de importación, AFIP usually charge you 100% value of goods which, at the end of the day means...dont bother sending that birthday present etc.
May 27th, 2010 - 02:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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jerry
globetrotter, you are so right! I have stopped sending any birthday or Christmas presents out of Argentina as the cost and red tape becomes stupid; personal checks are now sent!
May 27th, 2010 - 03:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Bubba
I ordered some Oakley sunglasses and paid 189 dollars per pair to get them out of customs based on their book value. They where on sale when I bought them for 50 dollars each. Next time some customs guy will look good.
May 28th, 2010 - 02:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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fredbdc
When I lived in Argentina I tried exporting high end leather goods to the US and Europe but the export taxes made it unprofitable. We could have had enough business to have 80 people working full time on shipments. The exporter suggested that way to make it profitable was to pay off officials and label the goods inaccurately. I wouldn't do it and they all thought I was crazy because everyone else was cheating and making money. What a messed up country.
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