07 | July | 2025 | infoAlimentario

The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) decided to replace the regime of tariff scales paid by companies importing food and materials that may be in contact with them, such as packaging, with a single rate of 0.5% of the FOB value of the good acquired abroad.

This was so decided by this Administration through Provision No 4538/2025, which was published on Friday, June 27 in the Official Gazette, effective 30 days after its publication.

The revision and modification of the tariff regime applicable to import procedures before the National Food Institute (INAL in Spanish) aims at promoting regulatory simplification, administrative efficiency and greater economic equity in tariff procedures related to imported food products.

The current system of scale tariffs generates distortions in terms of proportionality with respect to the declared value of the goods. Indeed, under the current system, situations may arise in which the tariff to be levied is higher than the FOB value declared or represents a disproportionate percentage in relation to it.

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On Thursday, June 27, representatives of the National Food Institute (INAL in Spanish) participated in a new edition of the Innocuus 2025 Congress, a recognized space for technical and scientific exchange focused on food safety.

During the meeting, the main guidelines of the recent Decree No 35/2025, which establishes a simplified procedure for food imports into Argentina, were presented. This new regulation replaces Decree No. 2126/71, in force for more than five decades, and marks a milestone in the modernization of the regulatory system for foreign food trade, in line with technological advances and the requirements of the international context.

One of the most important aspects was the role of INAL as a key technical and sanitary agency, not only in the development of the new regulatory circuit in coordination with other entities involved, but also in its implementation, particularly with regard to ex post controls through tools such as the Imported Food Monitoring Program (PMI in Spanish).