The product enters the European Union duty-free, with or without the agreement.

This sheet is built on the EU tariff line 2208 90 75, which is the code the importer declares in the European Union. In Argentina it corresponds to NCM 2208.90.00. The classification should be confirmed by a customs broker.

The preferential duty today is 0%. The MFN duty, without the agreement, is 0%. It has been at zero from the start of the agreement (1 May 2026). On the Argentine side, the export duty today is 0% (Decree 462/2023).

It enters duty-free, with or without the agreement.

The agreement opens no tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for this line. The preference therefore applies to every shipment, with no volume limit and no quota procedure.

To benefit from the preference the product has to be originating. The applicable rule is the one for 22.08 – 22.09, which requires that all the conditions it lists be met at the same time, not just one. Answer the questions to see whether the product qualifies.

Check the materials one by one with the origin assistant, with their tariff code and their share of the price.

This line is not on the veterinary border control list of Regulation 2021/632. Nor is it in Annex XI of the plant health regulation, which requires the certificate for plant products. The agreement adds 4 more rules, several of them protections in the exporter's favour, things the EU committed not to require. This product class has 39 protected European names, names that cannot be used in the European Union. The Commission's portal (Access2Markets) assigns 5 EU product requirements to this line (technical, labelling or marketing rules). It assigns them to the whole line, and the table lists each one with its act and the link to check whether it applies to the product.

• Labelling
  Dates that cannot be required on the label

  Confirmedin the exporter’s favour

  Una Parte no exigirá que ninguna de las fechas que figuran a continuación ni su equivalente figuren en el envase, la etiqueta o el embalaje de los productos vitivinícolas o las bebidas espirituosas: a) la fecha de embalaje; b) la fecha de embotellado; o c) la fecha de producción o fabricación.

  iTA, Annex 2-D, Article 3, paragraph 1
• Labelling
  Allergens not present in the final product

  Confirmedin the exporter’s favour

  Los productos vitivinícolas y las bebidas espirituosas no estarán sujetos al etiquetado de alérgenos que se hayan utilizado en la fabricación y elaboración de los productos vitivinícolas y las bebidas espirituosas y que no estén presentes en el producto final. Esto no se aplica al etiquetado del gluten.

  iTA, Annex 2-D, Article 3, paragraph 9
• Labelling
  Drawings and illustrations on the packaging

  Confirmedin the exporter’s favour

  Se permitirá el uso de dibujos, figuras o ilustraciones en el envase, etiqueta o embalaje de productos vitivinícolas o bebidas espirituosas producidos en la otra Parte. Dichos dibujos, figuras o ilustraciones no sustituirán a la información obligatoria del etiquetado ni inducirán a error a los consumidores sobre las características y la composición de los productos vitivinícolas y las bebidas espirituosas.

  iTA, Annex 2-D, Article 3, paragraph 7
• Condition
  Stock already produced under the old rules

  Confirmedin the exporter’s favour

  Los productos vitivinícolas y bebidas espirituosas que, en la fecha de entrada en vigor del presente Acuerdo, hayan sido producidos, descritos y presentados de conformidad con las disposiciones legislativas y reglamentarias de cada Parte y con los acuerdos vigentes aplicables entre las Partes, pero que no cumplan las disposiciones de este anexo, podrán comercializarse en las condiciones siguientes: a) por los mayoristas o productores, durante un plazo de 3 (tres) años, y b) por minoristas, hasta que se agoten las existencias.

  iTA, Annex 2-D, Article 7
• Name · EU GI
  39 protected European names in this product class

  Confirmedthere are names that cannot be used

  This position falls in the class Bebidas espirituosas, which the annex defines by code. Those names cannot be used in the European Union, not even with «type», «style» or «imitation». For example, Schwarzwälder Kirschwasser, Steinhäger, Inländerrum, Jagatee, Jagertee, Jägertee, among others. Search the name used to sell the product. 4 of those names have a transitional regime, with a deadline.

  iTA, Annex 13-B · geographical indications
• Name · Mercosur GI
  6 Mercosur names are protected in the European Union

  Confirmeda protection in the exporter’s favour

  A product from one of those areas that meets its specification is protected by the name in the EU. See which ones.

  iTA, Annex 13-B · geographical indications

The European Union's list of authorised countries and its approval of establishments apply to products of animal origin. They do not apply to this product.

These are the rules that stop a shipment for reasons unrelated to the duty. Neither of the two covers this line, according to the list of codes in the annex of each regulation.

The duty, the schedule, the quota and the rule of origin are the same in all twenty-seven Member States, so no country needs to be chosen for the above. What changes by country is the label language, VAT, excise duty and local formalities.

In 2025 the EU imported €37.3 million from outside the EU; Argentina is not among the suppliers.

4 steps, in the order they are taken. Each one comes from a block of this sheet.

1. 1
   Confirm the tariff classification with a customs broker

   This whole sheet depends on the line being 2208 90 75. If the line changes, so do the duty, the quota, the rule of origin and the requirements. It is the one step that cannot be skipped.

   Customs broker
2. 2
   Register as an exporter with ARCA (Argentina)

   On the Argentine side, the export is lodged with customs, which requires registration in the exporters' register. That registration comes before the first shipment.

   ARCA
3. 3
   Check that the product is originating, and be ready to prove it

   The rule for 22.08 – 22.09 requires that all the conditions it lists be met at the same time, not just one. Without proof of origin there is no preference, and the MFN duty is paid even if the product qualifies. Origin is proven with the exporter's statement on origin (Annex 3-C). At the start, the transitional certificate of origin of Annex 3-D also applies (notice 2026/875).

   The exporter makes the statement. A certifying body is involved if the transitional certificate of Annex 3-D is needed.
4. 4
   Check the technical and labelling rules for the product

   Composition, additives, contaminants, packaging and label. The EU product requirements for this line are in block 5; the detail by destination country, in the Commission's search tool. See it in Access2Markets

   European Commission · Access2Markets