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3.62. Argentine legislation allows the authorities to prohibit imports (and exports) of goods for economic and non-economic reasons (...) Non-economic prohibitions are imposed to protect public health and safety, artistic heritage and the environment and to implement international treaties (Article 610 of the Customs Code).

Table 3.19 Import prohibitions, 2020
Product: Certain live animals and wild fauna and flora products and by-products (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) [a]
Administering agency: DGA and Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development
(...)
Product: Certain live animals, wild fauna and flora products and by-products (other than those covered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)
Administering agency: SENASA; Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development

[a] Prohibition, except under defined conditions.

Table 3.19 Import prohibitions, 2020
Product: Ozone-depleting substances [b]; Chemicals classified as persistent organic pollutants
Administring agency: DGA and Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development
(...)
Product: Certain chemical compounds, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Administring agency: Ministry of Health; Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries; Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development

[b] Prohibition, except under defined conditions.

Table 3.19 Import prohibitions, 2020
Product: Toxic or hazardous residues, waste or scrap
Administering agency: Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development; DGA
(...)
Product: Retreads and used tyres, except remodelled tyres under tariff headings 4012.11.00, 4012.12.00, 4012.13.00 and 4012.19.00
Administering agency: Ministry of Productive Development; Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development

3.73. Non-automatic licences can be designated as "pending approval" if the importer does not meet the legislative requirements. (...) Argentina does not have information on the number of non-automatic licences not awarded for the period 2015-19. In 2020 (August), 80% of applications were approved within 48 hours. Only 1.3% of applications were pending, either due to errors in the information submitted, or because the products did not pass the controls required to certify that: (i) the imported goods did not pose a threat to environmental, human or animal health; (...).

3.116. Exports of food, arms and ozone-depleting substances are subject to special procedures, such as the obligation to be entered in different registers (...).

Table 3.23 Registers for exporters, 2020
Institution: Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development - Ozone Programme
Registration: Register of Importers and Exporters of Ozone Depleting Substances (RIESAO)
Exporters (and importers) of ozone-depleting substances must be registered in the RIESAO.

Table 3.24 Products requiring a quality standards certificate for export, 2020
Product: Flora and fauna
Institution: Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development

3.121. The use of Register of Sworn Declarations of Foreign Sales [Declaraciones Juradas de Ventas al Exterior-DJVEs] was modified several times during the period under review. This regime initially affected products such as grains and oils; later, the list of products was amended and certain products were exempted from the requirement (...) Organic products were also exempted from this requirement by regulations passed in 2018 (...).

3.125. During the period 2013-17, reference values were established for products such as (...) biodiesel. These values were updated regularly and applied only to exports for consumption for specific destinations. The reference values were abolished in 2017, as it was considered that the process for adjusting the values did not reflect export market prices (...).