Import from Europe
What the agreement changes when buying it in the European Union
Imported from the European Union, it pays 15% duty in Argentina today under the agreement, reaching 0% on 1 January 2041.
The position in the NCM, level by level
- Preparaciones de carne, pescado, crustáceos, moluscos o demás invertebrados acuáticos, o de insectos
- Preparaciones y conservas de pescado; caviar y sus sucedáneos preparados con huevas de pescado
- Pescado entero o en trozos, excepto el pescado picado
- Atunes, listados y bonitos (Sarda spp.)
- Atunes
1 · Argentine duty
What is paid today and every year under the agreement
What Argentina charges, today and every year. Appendix 2-A-2 sets the duty Argentina charges on goods originating in the European Union, and lowers it every 1 January according to each line’s category. Below is the annex line reached from this code, today’s duty and the duty for each year.
Without the agreement, 16%. That is what Argentina currently charges on this code from outside Mercosur (extra-zone import duty), with a common external tariff (CET) of 16%, the same Decree 557/2023 sets, according to the VUCE on 17 October 2026. It is not lower than the annex base rate, so the agreement is computed on the base (iTA, artículo 2.4, apartado 7).
Category «15». Falls in 16 equal stages and reaches zero on 1 January 2041.
Annex line (NCM 2012) 1604.14.10 Preparaciones y conservas de atunes, enteros o en trozos
Declared today as 1604.14.10 · Same code, unchanged
- Today 15%
- Next step down · 1 January 2027 14%
- Reaches zero · 1 January 2041
- Without the agreement 16%
Year-by-year table, with the exact figure for each stage
| Year | From | Duty |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 · applies today | 1 May 2026 | 15% |
| 2027 | 1 January 2027 | 14% |
| 2028 | 1 January 2028 | 13% |
| 2029 | 1 January 2029 | 12% |
| 2030 | 1 January 2030 | 11% |
| 2031 | 1 January 2031 | 10% |
| 2032 | 1 January 2032 | 9% |
| 2033 | 1 January 2033 | 8% |
| 2034 | 1 January 2034 | 7% |
| 2035 | 1 January 2035 | 6% |
| 2036 | 1 January 2036 | 5% |
| 2037 | 1 January 2037 | 4% |
| 2038 | 1 January 2038 | 3% |
| 2039 | 1 January 2039 | 2% |
| 2040 | 1 January 2040 | 1% |
| 2041 | 1 January 2041 | 0% |
How this line was reached. The annex writes its list in NCM 2012, while imports are declared in the edition in force. This line did not change between the two editions (the official correlation tables do not list it). Intermediate stages follow the agreement’s rule, to a tenth of a point (iTA, Annex 2-A, Section A, paragraph 7). Outside the quotas, for now the importer self-assesses the agreement’s duty (ARCA notice of 7 May 2026), and we found no Argentine rule on how to round the stages, so this sheet truncates to the tenth, as the English text of the agreement says. And the preference is for goods originating in the European Union, with their proof of origin.
2 · Quota and licence
Whether there is a quota and which licence is needed
No quota. This line’s preference applies to any quantity, and the import licence for the agreement’s quotas is not needed.
3 · Agencies
Which agencies are involved and what they require
Argentine agencies involved in the import
The duty comes from the agreement, the rest is required by each agency. The VUCE assigns 3 interventions of other agencies to the import of this position. Each one is shown with the agency’s own text, in Spanish and unabridged, and with the conditions under which it applies. Several only apply in certain cases (wooden packaging, used goods, goods for consumption), and each one says so. Where the origin changes something, each one also states what applies to goods from the EU.
To import and sell in Argentina
- SENASAEmbalajes de Madera de Importación*Customs regime: definitive/temporary · Goods: newFor goods from the European Union: It is the same for any origin: it covers all wooden packaging entering the country. Source: SENASA Resolution 614/2015.Todos los embalajes de madera de mercaderías que ingresen al territorio argentino debe estar descortezado, libre de insectos y/o signos de actividad biológica, tratado y certificado en concordancia con lo estipulado en la Norma Internacional para Medidas Fitosanitarias (NIMF N° 15) de la Convención Internacional de Protección Fitosanitaria.When it applies: La mercadería es acondicionada con embalajes de madera o madera de acomodación.
The agency's text (in Spanish)
Mandatory - SENASAImportación de Productos de Origen AnimalCustoms regime: definitive · Goods: newFor goods from the European Union: It is still required, and the health requirement depends on the country: SENASA sets it for each import according to the risk of the country, the product and the destination, and writes it into the import authorisation, valid for one year. The plant must be approved by the veterinary authority of the country of origin, and each consignment travels with the original health certificate of that authority, which must match the authorisation and be in Spanish or translated by a sworn translator. The certificate model is requested from SENASA: its public query covers only live animals and reproductive material. Source: SENASA Resolution 816/2002, Annex III, points 1, 2, 8, 9 and 24.El trámite permite solicitar autorización para importar productos, subproductos y alimentos para animales.When it applies: Productos, subproductos, derivados de origen animal y alimentos terminados para animales de compañíaIn 1604.14.10, only for SIM subdivisions 1604.14.10.110C, 1604.14.10.210H, 1604.14.10.220L, 1604.14.10.290J, 1604.14.10.900T.
The agency's text (in Spanish)
Mandatory
Optional: tools, not requirements
- Secretaría de Industria, Comercio y de la Pequeña y Mediana EmpresaSolicitud Resolución Anticipada de OrigenCustoms regime: definitive · Goods: new/usedWhen it applies: El origen de las mercaderías determina, principalmente, el tratamiento arancelario aplicable a su importación. La Resolución Anticipada de Origen (RAO) permite al importador conocer, antes de llevar adelante sus respectivas importaciones, qué origen va a considerar el Estado Argentino a los fines de aplicar el tratamiento arancelario.
The agency's text (in Spanish)
Optional
Source: VUCE, tariff position finder, checked on 6 October 2026. Agencies change their interventions often, so each one links the VUCE page it comes from, to be checked on the day of import.
4 · What this sheet does not cover
What has to be settled separately
- Other taxes. This sheet gives the agreement’s duty. Imports also pay VAT, withholdings and fees that are not part of the agreement and are not computed here: ask the customs broker for the total cost.
- Classification. The importer chooses the code and the customs broker confirms it. If in doubt between two, search by description and compare.
- Origin. The preference is for goods originating in the European Union under chapter 3 of the agreement. A supplier based in Europe is not enough: ask for the statement on origin.
5 · For exporters too
The export sheets of this subheading
The NCM and the EU Combined Nomenclature match in the first six digits. These are the EU lines of this subheading, each with its export sheet.