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The Argentine government has officially eliminated export duties for 88% of industrial products, meaning that 4,411 tariff lines will no longer be taxed between 3% and 4.5% on export value.
This measure, established by Decree 305/2025, represents significant tax relief for around 3,580 companies-approximately 40% of the country’s exporting firms, most of which are small and medium-sized enterprises. The main goal is to improve the competitiveness of local industry, promote exports, bring in foreign currency, and generate jobs.
Benefited products include agricultural machinery parts, auto parts, pharmaceuticals, optics, glass, cosmetics, plastics, and metals, among others. However, some sectors such as iron, steel, aluminum, petrochemicals, and part of the automotive industry will continue paying export duties. The industrial sector has welcomed the measure as an important step to reduce the tax burden and encourage export production, although it warns that this is only progress within a broader agenda needed to improve competitiveness-one that also requires tax reforms and improvements in infrastructure and logistics.
These tax eliminations are essential to getting the country back on track and competitive again.
This measure, established by Decree 305/2025, represents significant tax relief for around 3,580 companies-approximately 40% of the country’s exporting firms, most of which are small and medium-sized enterprises. The main goal is to improve the competitiveness of local industry, promote exports, bring in foreign currency, and generate jobs.
Benefited products include agricultural machinery parts, auto parts, pharmaceuticals, optics, glass, cosmetics, plastics, and metals, among others. However, some sectors such as iron, steel, aluminum, petrochemicals, and part of the automotive industry will continue paying export duties. The industrial sector has welcomed the measure as an important step to reduce the tax burden and encourage export production, although it warns that this is only progress within a broader agenda needed to improve competitiveness-one that also requires tax reforms and improvements in infrastructure and logistics.
These tax eliminations are essential to getting the country back on track and competitive again.
