Customs: fitness affidavit instead of a municipal permit

What changed

ARCA simplifies two customs regimes by replacing the requirement of prior municipal authorization with a sworn statement of the operator's suitability. It amends GR 4.352 (bonded-warehouse authorization): in point 6 of Annex II, instead of proving the municipal authorization in the applicant's name, the applicant declares that the premises to be authorized are suitable for the goods and comply with municipal, provincial and national regulations. And it amends GR 5.721 (in-plant export cargo regime): it replaces point 2.2 with the same sworn statement of plant suitability, and point 4.1 by setting the validity of enrollments in the regime at FIVE (5) years. It does not exempt from substantive regulatory compliance: it removes the duplication of a prior procedure. verif · May 13, 2026 ↗

In force

May 13, 2026, the same day it was published in the Boletín Oficial: the resolution applies “from its publication”. verif · May 13, 2026 ↗

Who it affects

Foreign-trade operators that authorize bonded warehouses or enroll in the in-plant export regime (shippers, exporters, customs brokers, exporting industrial plants). It lowers friction and authorization time by replacing a prior municipal-authorization procedure with a sworn statement. Downstream of nearly every export project —including the RIGI and the exporting provinces (hydrocarbons in Neuquén/Río Negro, mining, agriculture)—. verif · May 13, 2026 ↗

The norm

Resolución General 5845/2026 of the Agencia de Recaudación y Control Aduanero (ARCA, the tax and customs agency), signed on May 12, 2026 and published in the Boletín Oficial on May 13, 2026 (notice 341889), effective from publication. It amends RG 4.352 and RG 5.721. verif · May 13, 2026 ↗

Our reading

Concrete customs deregulation (R4 · opening and deregulation): it removes a redundant requirement (prior municipal authorization) and replaces it with a sworn statement, without lowering the substantive standard. It belongs to the family of ARCA simplifications that runs through the program (together with GR 5842 on guarantees by sworn statement). For the export ecosystem it reduces operational friction and the authorization times of logistics infrastructure. thesis

Where it lands, province by province3

Neuquén The prior municipal permit was the step that held up opening a bonded warehouse; now an operator's sworn statement of competence is enough. Neuquén imports most of its wellsite equipment (rigs, tubing, pumps, spares) and clears it through ports that are not its own: lowering the barrier to setting up a bonded warehouse on the corridor to Añelo makes it cheaper to hold critical stock near the well rather than on the coast. favorable cheaper to meet the demand thesis

Río Negro Two things change here. The Alto Valle packing house that consolidates and seals its container on site joins the scheme with a sworn statement of competence, valid for five years, without a prior municipal permit. And anyone seeking a bonded warehouse in San Antonio Este — the port converting from fruit terminal to project-cargo hub — stops depending on a small municipality's paperwork. favorable cheaper to meet the demand thesis

Salta Salta already ships product from altitude: Centenario (Eramet) and Mariana (Ganfeng) sit in Los Andes, a district of 7,182 inhabitants, and POSCO's plant in General Güemes exports from more than 1,500 km from port. Replacing the prior municipal permit with a sworn statement of competence, and giving on-site export clearance a five-year term, removes the step signed by the smallest municipality in the chain. favorable cheaper to meet the demand thesis

Customs: a suitability sworn statement instead of prior municipal authorization

What changed and who it applies to

Our reading

Where it lands, province by province3

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