Argentina's Big Move To Eliminate Import Restrictions On Textiles And Many Other Commodities

In January 25th (2013), in January 25th, Argentina published the 11/2013 resolution in the Official Gazette and took effect immediately. Spin Product, shoes Import restrictions on many items such as boots and toys. The import order of 100 products, including 17 products covered by resolution 11/2013, was promulgated only after the resolution on the import restrictions was lifted and the order No. 25/2013 came into effect on January 24th. The new order No. 25/2013 has been issued to increase the tax rate. The products include: motorcycles of more than 250cc of engine power, many agricultural heavy machinery, electric fans, roaster, printers and data processors, washing machines, electronic musical instruments (including guitars, organ and accordion), hair driers, spanner and many kinds of light bulbs. Besides 5 products, the other products have been raised to 35% of the maximum tax rate permitted by WTO. In accordance with the provisions of the Mercosur, a member of the Argentina, the common market allows its members to increase import tariffs on 100 products to block imports of non members.

The United States, the European Union, Japan and other members even requested the formation of the group first times in December 17th (2012) in December 17th, in accordance with WTO's import restrictions and other measures. The members accuse Argentina of requiring all imports to be pre filled with Declaracion Jurada Anticipada de Importacion (DJAI Requirement) since the first half of last year, and the non automatic import license for nonautomatic up to 600 products (nonautomatic import license; CI CI). In fact, the system restricts imports, because the application license is often too long or unknown when approval is available. In addition, the Argentina authorities also requested importers to agree to a number of commitments, including self handicapping imports, export and import equivalent products, increasing investment in production equipment in Argentina, increasing the homemade rate of manufactured goods in Argentina, keeping their income funds in the territory of the Republic of Korea and taking price control measures on their imports. Argentina argues that from 2003 to 2011, it came from the United States, the European Union and Japan. Imported The fact that its products grow at a rate of 3 or 4 times misleads those members to consider the import restrictions caused by the relevant import measures in Argentina.

In January 28th this year, Japan joined the United States and the European Union at the WTO dispute resolution Conference (DSB), the second dispute resolution on import restriction measures in Argentina. Although Argentina stated that the government had formally revoked the measure in January 25th of this year after determining the purpose of the implementation of the non automatic import licence, the dispute has been completely resolved, but the request for the second establishment of the group is still accepted by WTO. The members of the accusation do not believe that the recent actions taken by Argentina have completely resolved the disputes. They will continue to follow the dispute settlement procedures and seek further data and explanations from Argentina.

In addition, at the meeting held in January 28th this year, Argentina It also called for a dispute settlement team to ban the import of fresh beef from the country over the past 10 years. Argentina believes that although the country has been recognized by the world organization for animal health as a non foot-and-mouth disease area since 2002, the United States is still using the prohibition order to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. The request for the first establishment of the Argentina group was rejected by the United States at the DSB meeting last December 17th, while US officials reiterated that the authorities were currently assessing the hygiene issues related to meat and expressed disappointment at Argentina's decision to exercise precedence over cooperation. According to the rules of WTO, teams generally need 6 to 9 months to make a ruling.