New customs checks: what purchases can be brought into the country, when is it in violation and how much does it cost to exceed?

The new customs control system aims to avoid “ant smuggling” and not the ordinary traveler

Many doubts, questions and fears have arisen in recent days regarding the new control system of the Customs which monitors the personal belongings of the passenger from the day he leaves the country for abroad.

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The system is focused on “ant smuggling” and not in the common passenger. but in any case it aroused fears among travellers. As detailed by customs sources, the new system seeks, through careful checks of the data that airlines share on passengers, to predict which passengers are attempting to enter the country with items intended for commercial purposes or which exceed the authorized franchise. .

One of the habits of Argentines who travel abroad is to buy technological items outside Argentina, such as laptops, tablets and mobile phones, among others; Therefore, it is essential to know how the customs procedure for these items works so that you do not have any problems at the airport.

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“The entrance of one mobile phone and one tablet or laptop per person, without payment of customs duties”, detailed customs sources before the GlobeLiveMedia consultation. In addition, a traveler can enter without problem with clothing and objects for personal use without commercial purpose, as well as with any object declared at the time of departure.

In other words, if a traveler returns from abroad with even a new mobile phone and a tablet or a laptop bought abroad, he should have no problem with customs checks and he should be allowed to enter. without any problem and without having to pay customs duties, even though he had already left Argentina with his computer and mobile phone.

Customs allows each passenger to enter the country with up to one mobile phone and tablet or laptop purchased abroad

For the entry of all other types of articles, goods and objects, there are franchise. In other words, a limit value that luggage entering the country can have and which, if exceeded, results in a violation.

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At the entrance to the slopes land and river the deductible limit for a person over 16 is $300 per month, not cumulative; in case of arrival sea ​​or air the deductible limit is $500.

For children under 16, the deductible is 50%, or USD 150 if entering by land or river and USD 250 if entering the country by sea or air.

Customs controls aim to prevent the entry of items intended for commercial purposes

What is important with deductibles is that they are added when it is a family group with a matrimonial bond or cohabitation, as well as those of children under 16; that is to say, for example, a family consisting of a father, a mother and a child under that age who arrive in Argentina by air, has a total deductible of 1,250 dollars.

In the event that a passenger exceeds the allowance, he must pay a rate which will be equal to 50% of the surplus. This means that if, for example, a person arrives in Ezeiza with luggage worth 600 USD, he will have 100 USD more and will have to pay a fee of 50 USD.

According to the requests you made GLM drugs are items that will be included in the deductible, “a person can enter with different drugs as long as they have the purchase and possession permits, they do not exceed the deductible and as long as their use is for the personal consumption”, they said of customs.

Customs authorize entry and exit of amounts less than USD 10,000 or its equivalent in another currency; for those under 16, again the corresponding amounts are 50% of the value attributed to adults. That is, it takes $5,000 to get in and out.

In addition, there is a series of objects and items which are prohibited and which, if transported, would constitute an offence, namely: archaeological and cultural material; narcotics; Weapons, explosives (unless authorized by ANMAC) and any Merchandise for commercial or industrial purposes.