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 (the agreement gives it no preference).

The position in the NCM, level by level

Instrumentos y aparatos de óptica, fotografía o cinematografía, de medida, control o precisión; instrumentos y aparatos medicoquirúrgicos; partes y accesorios de estos instrumentos o aparatos
Instrumentos y aparatos de medicina, cirugía, odontología o veterinaria, incluidos los de centellografía y demás aparatos electromédicos, así como los aparatos para pruebas visuales
Los demás instrumentos y aparatos
Los demás
Aparatos destinados a procedimientos quirúrgicos asistidos por robótica

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. The duty Argentina currently charges on this code from outside Mercosur is not loaded yet. If it is lower than the annex base rate, the agreement’s reduction is computed on it (iTA, artículo 2.4, apartado 7) and the figures below would be lower. Check it in the VUCE or with the customs broker.

Today, under the agreement

16%

Base rate

16%

Category

Line excluded from tariff elimination (category «E»). The base rate still applies under the agreement.

Annex line (NCM 2012) 9018.90.99 Los demás instrumentos y aparatos utilizados en medicina, cirugía, etc.
Declared today as 9018.90.97 · Mercosur resolution that changed the NCM · GMC Res. 9/25 · the 2012 line was split
and the NCM in force reads Aparatos destinados a procedimientos quirúrgicos asistidos por robótica

How this line was reached. The annex writes its list in NCM 2012, while imports are declared in the edition in force. This line changed through a Common Market Group resolution later than 2012, which states which old code became which new one. The line follows from that resolution, chained with Mercosur's official correlation tables. The 2012 line was broader. When the nomenclature changed it was split into several, and today's code is one of the parts. What the annex sets for that line applies to this part. 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.

EU-Mercosur Agreement, Annex 2-A, Appendix 2-A-2 (Argentina’s schedule)Annex 2-A, Section A (staging categories)

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 VUCE did not answer for the codes of this position (6 October 2026). Which agencies are involved should be confirmed in the VUCE or with the customs broker.

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.