Import from Europe
What the agreement changes when buying it in the European Union
Imported from the European Union, it pays 16% duty in Argentina today under the agreement, reaching 0% on 1 January 2034.
The position in the NCM, level by level
- Seda
- Tejidos de seda o de desperdicios de seda
- Los demás tejidos con un contenido de seda o de desperdicios de seda, distintos de la borrilla, superior o igual al 85 % en peso
- Estampados, teñidos o de hilados de distintos colores
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, 18%. That is what Argentina currently charges on this code from outside Mercosur (extra-zone import duty), with a common external tariff (CET) of 26%, the same Decree 557/2023 sets, according to the VUCE on 17 October 2026. That is less than the annex base rate, so the agreement’s reduction is computed on that 18%, keeping the same preference margin (iTA, artículo 2.4, apartado 7). The figures below already reflect it.
Category «8». Falls in 9 equal stages and reaches zero on 1 January 2034.
Annex line (NCM 2012) 5007.20.10 Tejidos de seda o de desperdicios de seda (con un contenido superior o igual al 85 % en peso), estampados, etc.
Declared today as 5007.20.10 · Same code, unchanged
and the NCM in force reads Estampados, teñidos o de hilados de distintos colores
El anexo fija un tipo por país y en esta línea no coinciden: Argentina 26, Brasil 26, Paraguay 18, Uruguay 18. Acá se carga el de la Argentina.
- Today 16%
- Next step down · 1 January 2027 14%
- Reaches zero · 1 January 2034
- Without the agreement 18%
Year-by-year table, with the exact figure for each stage
| Year | From | Duty |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 · applies today | 1 May 2026 | 16% |
| 2027 | 1 January 2027 | 14% |
| 2028 | 1 January 2028 | 12% |
| 2029 | 1 January 2029 | 10% |
| 2030 | 1 January 2030 | 7.9% |
| 2031 | 1 January 2031 | 5.9% |
| 2032 | 1 January 2032 | 3.9% |
| 2033 | 1 January 2033 | 1.9% |
| 2034 | 1 January 2034 | 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 6 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.
To import and sell in Argentina
- Dirección Nacional de Reglamentos TécnicosRT - Etiquetado de Productos Textiles.Customs regime: definitive · Goods: newLos fabricantes e importadores de los productos detallados en la Resolución N° 549/2021 deberán garantizar el cumplimiento de los requisitos de etiquetado y rotulado previstos en el Reglamento Técnico específico.When it applies: Los fabricantes e importadores de los productos detallados en la Resolución N° 549/2021 deberán garantizar el cumplimiento de los requisitos de etiquetado y rotulado previstos en el Reglamento Técnico específico.
The agency's text (in Spanish)
Mandatory - 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 - Subsecretaría de AmbienteImportación de residuos no peligrosos valorizados.Customs regime: definitive/temporary · Goods: ResiduosPara las personas que soliciten la autorización para importar residuos no peligrosos valorizados.When it applies: Dar cumplimiento a la DDJJ conforme el Anexo I de la Res. 393/2025.
The agency's text (in Spanish)
Mandatory
Only for temporary imports, transit or other regimes
- Subsecretaría de AmbienteTránsito residuos No Peligrosos Valorizados.Customs regime: temporary, in transit · Goods: newPara obtener la autorización de tránsito de residuos no peligrosos valorizados se deberá cumplir con los anexos II y IV de la Resolución 393/25.When it applies: Dar cumplimiento a la DDJJ conforme el anexo II de la Res. 393/2025.
The agency's text (in Spanish)
Mandatory
Optional: tools, not requirements
- ANACRegla de tributación para productos del sector aeronáutico.Customs regime: definitive/temporary · Goods: newCertificación de partes o componentes aeronáuticos para su importación bajo arancel "0" según Decreto 2275/94, Regla general tributariaWhen it applies: – El solicitante deberá presentar una declaración jurada con sus datos, los de las partes a importar y especificar si son nuevas o usadas.
The agency's text (in Spanish)
Optional - 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.
- 5007 20 11Unbleached, scoured or bleached
- 5007 20 19Other
- 5007 20 21Plain-woven, unbleached or not further processed than scoured
- 5007 20 31Plain-woven
- 5007 20 39Other
- 5007 20 41Diaphanous fabrics (open weave)
- 5007 20 51Unbleached, scoured or bleached
- 5007 20 59Dyed
- 5007 20 60Of yarns of different colours
- 5007 20 71Printed