The Ministry of Economy establishes the procedure to accredit the national origin of the goods provided to the Single Project Vehicles (VPU) within the framework of the Incentive Regime for Large Investments (RIGI), through the Resolution 19 / 2025
According to the regulations, published in the Official Gazette this Tuesday (25.02.2025/XNUMX/XNUMX), the Secretariat of Industry and Commerce specified that the national origin of goods This will be accredited by a Certificate of Origin specific to the RIGI, the model for which can be found in the annex to the resolution. These certificates must be issued by authorised entities and recorded in the commercial documents supporting the provision of goods to the VPU.
The certification of origin will be governed by the Resolution No. 48/2001 of the former Secretariat of Industry, Trade and Investments and its amendments, without requiring accreditation of exports. This certification will be valid for two years for all goods produced by the same supplier in accordance with the certified model, except for modifications in its composition.
For goods included in international agreements, the rules of origin of the Economic Complementation Agreement No. 18 of MERCOSUR and other treaties of the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI), as appropriate. In addition, the resolution establishes that service providers will be considered local if they are incorporated and domiciled in the country, and operate within the national territory.
As for criteria for imported inputs, the standard indicates that the importation of inputs and intermediate goods by suppliers adhering to the RIGI will be recognized as transformation into final goods when a jump in tariff heading or other origin criteria defined in the standard is met.
For identification of capital goods, capital assets and IT and telecommunications assets imported by service providers adhering to the regime must be clearly identified in commercial documents.
El importation process Under the RIGI it will be managed through the Argentine Foreign Trade Single Window (VUCEA) and controlled by the Customs Collection and Control Agency (ARCA), which will send information to the Enforcement Authority and the RIGI Executive Unit to optimize customs controls.
Finally, the resolution establishes a multiplying coefficient to calculate the minimum percentage of imported goods within the regime, differentiating between the first year of the contractual relationship and the following years.
Resolution 19/2025 will enter into force validity the day after its publication in the Official Gazette, that is, the February 26th 2025.
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