Global Trade Alert

On 16 March 2015, the government of Argentina for the first time introduced a list of criterion values for imports of spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other (HS 9004.90.20). The criterion values for imports forspectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other, correspond to a FOB Value ranging from USD 1.20 to USD 1.70 per unit. The introduced criterion values for imports, refer to the following countries: South Korea, North Korea, China, Philipinnes, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malasya, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Viet Nam. Following the GTA de minimis rule, only trading partners with imports to Argentina exceeding USD 1 million are listed as affected.