Domestic trade: price controls fall

What changed

The Secretariat of Industry and Commerce (Ministry of Economy) repeals as a block the intervention resolutions and provisions on domestic trade that it had issued as Enforcement Authority, listed in an Annex (IF-2025-138332719-APN-SSDCYLC#MEC). The recitals identify, among the matters left without effect, the price control of certain products, the Argentine Wheat Stabilization Fund (FETA) and the fee obligation of private educational institutes (repeal of Decree 2.417/1993). It is part of the official domestic-trade deregulation package announced on 06/09/2026 (which the press quantified at 58 rules, repealed between this resolution and Provision 534/2026). verif · Jun 9, 2026 ↗

In force

Jun 10, 2026. Article 2 of the resolution makes it apply “from the day after” its publication in the Boletín Oficial, which was Jun 9, 2026. verif · Jun 10, 2026 ↗

Who it affects

Companies and businesses in the domestic market that were subject to price-control regimes, mandatory reporting and directed credit/stabilization; producers and mills of the wheat complex (end of the FETA); private educational institutes (end of the notification/fee-cap regime of Decree 2.417/1993). It reduces the compliance burden and regulatory uncertainty for the productive and commercial sector nationwide. prob · Jun 9, 2026 ↗

The norm

Resolución 12/2026 of the Secretaría de Industria y Comercio (Ministry of Economy), issued on Jan 13, 2026 and published in the Boletín Oficial on Jun 9, 2026 (notice 342916). In force from the day after publication (Art. 2). Complemented by Disposición 534/2026 (which repeals the provisions of the same package). verif · Jun 9, 2026 ↗

Our reading

Textbook deregulation (R-desregulación): the State withdraws its own intervention structure over domestic trade —price controls, stabilization funds, directed credit— and returns price signals to the market. It belongs to the family of regulatory prunings that runs through the entire Sturzenegger/Economy program; for companies and investors it lowers the compliance cost and legal uncertainty. Cross-cutting impact (not provincial), confined to domestic-market operations. thesis

Where it lands, province by province1

Neuquén Among the rules repealed is Decree 2,417/1993, which regulated private school fees. In the Neuquén corridor demand for private schooling is created by high oil wages, and supply did not follow because a capped fee could not pay the teaching salary needed to attract staff to an expensive town. Without the cap, a supply response becomes possible. favorable cheaper to meet the demand thesis

Domestic trade: price-control and intervention rules fall

What changed and who it applies to

Our reading

Where it lands, province by province1

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