The product can be exported with the agreement's preference. The duty today is €481.77/t instead of €530/t, and it reaches zero on 1 January 2036.

This sheet is built on the EU tariff line 2309 90 43, which is the code the importer declares in the European Union. In Argentina there are 8 NCM lines under the same 6 digits; the exporter's product is one of them. The classification should be confirmed by a customs broker.

The preferential duty today is €481.77/t. The MFN duty, without the agreement, is €530/t. It reaches zero on 1 January 2036. On the Argentine side, the export duty today is between 1.5% and 22.5% (Decree 423/2026); the agreement sets a ceiling of between 4% and 18% from 1 May 2029 and lowers it to between 4% and 14% on 1 May 2035; until then it does not limit it, so charging more than that today is not a breach.

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 23.09, 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.

The product is on the list of goods the European Union controls at the border, so it enters through a border control post and with an official certificate. It is a procedure to complete, not a prohibition, but without it the consignment is not cleared, even at zero duty. 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.

• SPS
  Official control at an EU border control post

  Confirmedmust be met before shipment

  The consignment must enter through an approved border control post, be pre-notified in TRACES with a common health entry document (CHED) and travel with the official certificate that applies. The annex narrows it as follows: «Todas, en caso de que contengan productos de origen animal, excepto las comprendidas en los códigos NC 2309 90 20 y 2309 90 91. Comprende, entre otros, los alimentos para perros o gatos, acondicionados para la venta al por menor (subpartida 2309 10), que contengan productos de origen animal y los productos llamados «solubles» de pescado o de mamíferos marinos (código NC 2309 90 10). También comprende los productos de origen animal destinados a la alimentación animal, incluidas las mezclas de polvo (como las de pezuñas y cuernos). Esta partida comprende también la leche líquida, el calostro y los productos que contengan productos lácteos, el calostro no descaseinado o los hidratos de carbono, que sean todos ellos aptos para la alimentación animal, pero no aptos para el consumo humano (el calostro descaseinado apto para la alimentación animal se clasifica en la partida 3001). Esta partida comprende asimismo los alimentos para animales de compañía, los accesorios masticables para perros y las mezclas de polvo (que pueden contener insectos muertos). Los requisitos específicos aplicables a los alimentos para animales de compañía, incluidos los accesorios masticables, se establecen en la fila 12 del cuadro 2 que figura en el capítulo II, sección 1, del anexo XIV del Reglamento (UE) n.o 142/2011. Esta partida comprende los ovoproductos no destinados al consumo humano y otros productos transformados de origen animal no destinados al consumo humano. Los requisitos específicos para los ovoproductos se establecen en la fila 9 del cuadro 1 que figura en el capítulo I, sección 1, del anexo XIV del Reglamento (UE) n.o 142/2011.»

  Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632, Annex, consolidated version of 1 October 2026
• Where it is handled
  TRACES NT · EU consignment control system

  Confirmedprocedure

  The consignment is notified here before it arrives, and the certificate is issued by SENASA on the Argentine side.

  TRACES NT · EU consignment control system

There are two gates, in this order. First the country, since the European Union only admits products of animal origin from countries whose control plan it has approved, and Argentina is approved for 12 of 13 categories. Then the plant, which must be approved in Argentina and, for most products of animal origin, appear on the list the Commission publishes.

• Third-country list
  Argentina is on the list of authorised countries

  Confirmedthe country is authorised

  The Commission has approved Argentina's control plan for Bovine, Ovine/caprine, Equine, Poultry, Aquaculture (16), Milk, Eggs, Rabbit, Wild game, Farmed game, Honey, Casings. The category of the product should be confirmed with the customs broker, because the annex does not express them by tariff code.

  Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405, Annex -I, consolidated version of 3 September 2026, Article 3, paragraph 1
• No approved plan
  Categories for which Argentina is NOT on the list

  Confirmedcheck whether it is the category of the product

  Porcine. A product in any of these cannot enter the European Union today, even at zero duty and with an establishment approved in Argentina.

  Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405, Annex -I, consolidated version of 3 September 2026, Article 3, paragraph 1
• Establishment approval
  The plant, approved in Argentina and listed by the European Union

  No data

  No data. It is in SENASA's register and the European Commission's list of establishments.

  European Commission · lists of approved establishments
• Exporter registration
  Registration as an exporter with Argentine customs

  No data

  No data. It is in ARCA's register of importers and exporters.

  ARCA

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 and local formalities.

In 2025 the EU imported €691,292 from outside the EU; Argentina is not among the suppliers.

Part of extra-EU imports is declared confidential and Eurostat does not assign it to any line: €60,881 in subheading 2309 90 (2025). The figures for this line may fall short of the real total.

6 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 2309 90 43. 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 23.09 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
   Obtain establishment approval and the health certificate

   This line is on the list of goods the European Union controls at the border. The certificate is issued by SENASA, and for that the establishment must be approved and, depending on the product, appear on the EU list of approved establishments.

   SENASA · on the EU side, DG SANTE
5. 5
   The importer pre-notifies the consignment before arrival

   The consignment is announced in TRACES with a common health entry document (CHED) and enters through an approved border control post. If the port of destination has no post for this type of product, the consignment cannot enter there.

   TRACES NT · done by the EU importer
6. 6
   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