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Argentina

The business-to-business (B2B) hub for beverage alcohol: the trade rulebook for beverage alcohol, country by country, each section with its official sources.

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As of 2026-11-10

Market status

Licensed. Wine and other beverages follow distinct national control routes. The National Institute of Viticulture, Instituto Nacional de Vitivinicultura (INV), controls wine imports under the framework effective from January 2026. Other food/beverage imports are subject to the applicable food-authority route, including the recognition arrangements introduced by Decree 35/2025. Provincial and municipal alcohol permissions form a further layer; detailed local requirements are Not yet sourced.

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Who can trade

Wine imports: The importer must meet INV registration requirements. Imported wine must satisfy the applicable domestic compositional conditions. The current procedure uses the importer’s sworn declaration for the analytical/free-circulation certification; a foreign competent-authority analysis may be supplied under the procedure. Do not apply an older universal pre-import analysis process without checking the current resolution.

Other alcoholic beverages: Decree 35/2025 provides a recognition route for qualifying foods from listed jurisdictions or covered arrangements, supported by the required free-sale or equivalent certification and declaration. Products outside that route remain subject to the applicable Argentine food controls. The exact authority allocation, establishment/product registrations and import procedure for each beer, cider or spirit under the current arrangements: Not yet sourced.

Wholesale, distribution and business-to-business (B2B) online sale: Province/municipality-specific licences, warehouse permissions, intermediary permissions and delivery conditions are Not yet sourced. National customs or food clearance alone does not establish those permissions.

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Customs and duty

Classification: Heading 2203 covers malt beer, 2204 grape wine, 2206 cider and other fermented beverages, and 2208 spirits. Use the national integrated tariff and the full product code, origin and applicable trade-agreement conditions to determine duty and regulatory treatment. Exact ordinary/preferential duties for the shipment: Not yet sourced.

Excise: The Internal Taxes Law has separate provisions for alcoholic beverages and beer. Its alcoholic-beverage provision covers drinks at or above 10% alcohol by volume while excluding wine, and distinguishes spirit/product categories; beer has its own provision and special rules for qualifying small producers and very low-strength products. Wine’s exclusion from that provision is not a blanket exemption from every tax. Cider-specific internal-tax treatment and the complete calculation for a mixed beverage: Not yet sourced.

Territorial treatment: Value-added tax, customs fees, provincial turnover taxes, bonded arrangements and special territorial treatment, including Tierra del Fuego: Not yet sourced.

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Labelling

Language and general rules: Use the applicable Spanish-language food and beverage labelling rules. National alcohol legislation requires declared alcohol strength and the warnings “Beber con moderación” and “Prohibida su venta a menores de 18 años”; implementing rules prescribe their presentation on the primary package.

Allergens: Packaged-food rules require the prescribed declaration after the ingredient list for relevant allergens and their derivatives. These include gluten-containing cereals, egg, milk, soy, peanut and specified nuts, with express exceptions including certain materials used in alcoholic distillation. Sulphur dioxide and sulphites at or above 10 parts per million must be declared. A precautionary statement has its own conditions; it is not a substitute for an ingredient declaration.

Wine: Apply the current INV rules, including the registered importer’s identification and registration number and the lot information for imported wine. The 2026 procedure must be used when checking analytical references on labels. Complete current wine mandatory fields, origin/vintage/varietal conditions, ingredient-list exemptions and technical presentation tolerances: Not yet sourced.

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Age and sale limits

Minimum purchase age is 18: national law prohibits selling alcoholic beverages to people under 18. Its mandatory package warning reinforces that prohibition. Provincial and municipal sale hours, outlet categories, delivery age verification, wholesale-hour restrictions and other local conditions: Not yet sourced.

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https://www.argentina.gob.ar/normativa/nacional/ley-24788-42480/texto

Protected names

INV administers the wine origin-protection framework, including geographical indications and controlled denominations of origin. Official examples include Mendoza and Paraje Altamira as geographical indications and Luján de Cuyo and San Rafael as controlled denominations of origin. Use depends on the registered origin and applicable production conditions. The complete foreign-name treaty coverage, protection for non-wine beverages and product-specific certification requirements: Not yet sourced. Examples are not exhaustive.

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GTIN authority

GS1 Argentina is the national GS1 member organisation for obtaining Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) and the associated GS1 identification capacity.

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Not yet sourced

Not yet sourced: Provincial/municipal and B2B online permissions; exact current non-wine authority allocation, establishment/product registration and import route; shipment duties, cider excise, complete tax calculations and special territories; complete current wine label fields, origin/vintage/variety rules and technical exceptions; local age-verification/hours; foreign-name coverage and non-wine geographical protection.

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