In force since Feb 15, 2026
Certifications: approval from a reference country is accepted, with no repeat process
Decreto 892/2025 (Official Gazette, Dec 17, 2025)
in forceNATIONAL
Trade opening
Decreto 892/2025 deems the technical requirement met when the product is already approved in a reference country: no need to re-certify here.
The other rules on this subject19
Imports: prior approval to bring in goods is eliminatedRes. 1/2023 Trade Secretariat + Joint GR AFIP-Trade 5466/2023 (Official Gazette Dec 26, 2023)in force
Mercosur–EU ratified: 450 million consumers open up to agriculture and industryLey 27.800 (Official Gazette Feb 26, 2026); provisional application from May 1, 2026in force
Argentina and the US sign their first trade and investment agreementBilateral agreement signed Feb 5, 2026 (no number; pending congressional approval)pending
What changed and who it applies to
What changed
Technical requirements for importing and marketing goods are deemed MET through three separate channels under art. 1: (item 1) the product is already authorized in at least one reference country or group of countries listed in ANNEX I, evidenced by certificates from the official authority or from certifying bodies; (item 2) certificates from accredited Certifying Bodies verifying conformity with local technical requirements; (item 3) test reports from an Accredited Laboratory verifying compliance with Argentine technical standards (this item takes effect upon a complementary rule from the Secretariat of Industry). It eliminates local re-certification of what was already certified abroad (a non-tariff technical barrier). Special regimes: ANMAT (art. 2, class I-II medical products, household sanitizers, in vitro diagnostics, cosmetics) and SENASA (art. 3, phytosanitary and veterinary products) with sworn declaration and ex-post control. EXCLUDED (art. 4): weapons and explosives, used goods, prohibited goods, unprocessed agricultural products, food regulated by Decretos 2126/71, 1812/92 and 815/99, medicines (Decreto 150/92) and fertilizers (Decreto 101/25). The Annex I country list (EU, US, EFTA, United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Israel per official sources) is published in the web edition of the Official Gazette (BORA). verif Dec 17, 2025 ↗
In force
2026-02-15 (60 days from the Dec 17, 2025 publication) verif Feb 15, 2026 ↗
Who it applies to
Importers and marketers of goods subject to technical requirements (electrical goods, electronics, auto parts, materials, low-risk medical products, cosmetics, veterinary products, phytosanitaries); local laboratories and certifiers (INTI, private), whose redundant re-testing business shrinks; importing SMEs and consumers through lower cost and shorter lead times. verif Dec 17, 2025 ↗
The norm
Decreto 892/2025 of the national Executive Branch, published in the BO on Dec 17, 2025. It takes effect 60 days after publication (~Feb 15, 2026). Art. 1°, inc. 3 applies from the supplementary rule of the Secretaría de Industria. verif Dec 17, 2025 ↗
Our reading
Argentina stops punishing with double certification what already meets international standards: if a product passed the controls of a reference country, it enters without repeating local testing. Lower cost, less delay and one less technical barrier (R4 · opening and deregulation). thesis
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Where it lands, province by province3
Neuquén Wellsite equipment arrives certified under international standards and until now had to be re-certified locally. With Decreto 892/2025, what is approved in an Annex I country enters without repeating tests: valves, pressure vessels, panels, gas detectors and field sensors reach the basin sooner and cheaper. It bears directly on metalworking, HSE and field IT, three of the Neuquén niches. favorable opening and deregulation thesis
Río Negro The Punta Colorada terminal, its six tanks, the pumping and compression stations and the two pipelines will run for decades on imported equipment — valves, instrumentation, panels — already certified abroad. Río Negro has no API/ASME-certified heavy metalworking and no re-testing industry: double certification was pure cost with no local incumbent to protect. favorable cheaper to respond: investing takes time, held-back supply shows up at once thesis
San Juan The San Juan supplier that wants into the 60% local purchase quota has to manufacture or integrate here, not resell imports. With re-certification of what is already approved in the EU or US gone, it can assemble panels, structures and equipment using components certified abroad without repeating local tests, and that purchase still counts as local for Vicuña, Los Azules and El Pachón. favorable opening and deregulation thesis
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