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.