ANNOUNCEMENT 05 Apr 2022

In April 2022, the Trade Commission of MERCOSUR adopted new regulation allowing Argentina to set a temporary import tariff-rate quota on domestic sewing machines.

 

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 0 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 1 liberalising

SOURCE

MERCOSUR, Comisión de Comercio. MERCOSUR, Trade Commission. Directiva Nº 24/2022 . 05/04/2022. Available at:
https://normas.mercosur.int/simfiles/normativas/88537_DIR_024-2022_ES_Acciones%20Puntuales%20Ambito%20Arancelario_NCM%208452.10.00%20AR.pdf

WTO Tariff Download Facility (Retrieved on 11 November 2021). Available at: http://tariffdata.wto.org/default.aspx

Inception date: 03 Jun 2022 | Removal date: 02 Jun 2023

Import tariff quota

On 5 April 2022, the Trade Commission of MERCOSUR adopted Directive 24/22 allowing Argentina to establish a temporary 2% import duty on domestic sewing machines classified under tariff subheading NCM 8452.10.00. The new duty applies to a quota of 150'000 units. Prior to this legislation, no import tariff-rate quota was applied to this product.  

According to the WTO Tariff Download Facility, the applicable average import tariff outside the quota is 20%.

Directive 24/22 only applies to Argentina for a period of 365 days and it is to be adopted before 4 June 2022. Following the GTA's conservative approach, the implementation date of this action was set for 3 June 2022. 

The tariff-rate quotas granted by MERCOSUR under the policy framework established by Resolution GMC 49/19 and its updates apply to countries outside MERCOSUR. 

MERCOSUR's Directives
In Argentina, since 2014, all Directives adopted by the MERCOSUR concerning import tariff-rate quotas adopted under the policy framework established by Resolution GMC 08/08 and its updates are adopted by a simplified procedure not requiring its publication on the Official Gazette.

AFFECTED SECTORS

 
448

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

 
845210