The Argentine Government has officially created the Statistical System of Imports (SEDI), which has eliminated the advance information regime known as the “Argentine Republic Import System” (SIRA) applicable to import destinations for consumption.
This is established by the Joint Resolution 5466/2023, published this Tuesday (26.12.2023) in the Official Gazette, whose text also provides for the creation of the “Registry of Commercial Debt for Imports with Foreign Suppliers”.
Facilitation and predictability
In the recitals, the AFIP and the Ministry of Commerce stated that "it is appropriate to establish a new regime of advance information of import operations, called: "Statistical Import System (SEDI)" for the analysis and monitoring of statistical data on the import of goods, in order to standardize and facilitate trade abroad, as well as contributing to the strengthening of State Agencies in order to face current challenges.”
They also clarified that, "the National State aims to provide all industry players with a horizon of predictability that allows them to plan production and investments in the Argentine Republic, and guarantee conditions of effective competition in the markets."
Elimination of SIRA and SIRASE
As indicated, the new import mechanism eliminates the SIRA, regime implemented by Joint Resolution 5271/2022 to import destinations for consumption registered by subjects registered in the Special Customs Registries, and the SIRASE, Applicable to individuals and legal entities that must make payments abroad on their own behalf or on behalf of third parties.
Debtors register
Regarding the creation of a debtors registry, the rule specifies that it has "the objective of having updated information on the outstanding private commercial debt and address this problem" and "those who have commercial debt for imports must register."
In this way, companies that register and have official approval will be able to subscribe to the dollar bonds (BOPREAL) all with cancel the debts that they maintain with their suppliers or parent companies.
Procedure and deadlines
In the new import system, operations "will be approved by the AFIP after the agency analyzes the taxpayer's tax situation and its financial economic capacity to carry out the operation to be carried out, according to the information available in its records."
Furthermore, it is indicated that "the declaration made through the SEDI will have a validity period of 360 consecutive days, counted from the date on which the exit status was obtained, which will be obtained once the AFIP controls are passed.”
"Otherwise, the MALVINA Information System (SIM) will issue a message indicating the inconsistencies detected. Once they have been corrected, a new SEDI declaration must be registered," the decree states.
In addition, it is specified that "the operations may have the SEDI declaration in a state officialized, prior to the arrival of the merchandise involved in the customs territory, in order to anticipate the information and facilitate the customs operation. At the time of making the import destination official, the SIM will require the identification number of the SEDI declaration in the exit status and will carry out its validation.”
“The SEDI declaration will go to output status as long as it is authorized by the Organizations comprising the Argentine National Single Window Regime for Foreign Trade (VUCEA). These Organizations must issue their opinion within a period of no more than 30 calendar days, counted from the registration of the SEDI.
If the intervention does not take place within the specified period, the SEDI declaration will automatically change to the status of "output".
Excepted
On the other hand, it was indicated that the import operations that will be exempt from making the SEDI declarations are the following: Imports within the framework of the sample regimes, of Donations and diplomatic franchises; goods with exemptions from duties and taxes entered under the regime of Courier or postal shipments, in addition to goods covered by the import regime for inputs intended for research"scientific-technological".
Exceptions will also be "goods from the Special Customs Area created by the Law No. 19.640 that are imported into the continental territory, as well as to the import operations of goods from the continental territory that are imported into said Special Customs Area" and "all those goods that enter within the framework of the provisions of the General Resolution No. 3.628 (AFIP)”.
This General Resolution will have validity from the business day following its publication in the Official Gazette, that is, the.December 27, 2023.
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