What can be entered into the country and what does not

Many Argentines will take advantage of this extra long weekend to do tourism and purchases abroad: customs permits and prohibitions

04/16/2025 – 12: 49hs

Holy Week will be for thousands of Argentines the possibility of making a getaway that combines tourism, pleasure and rest, taking advantage of the fact that a good part of the population ends its work week today, Wednesday 16, to give way to a weekend of four days. Although most of the tourist movement will be within our country, an important passenger flow to the bordering countries is also expected, where in recent times it became customary to make purchases due to the remarkable price difference found in different areas when comparing with Argentina. However, not everything can be purchased abroad and enter the country as well as if nothing, but the customs has regulated the luggage regime, with the allowed objects and the prohibitions.

What purchases can you enter Argentina from abroad

In the first place, Customs clarifies that “travelers who arrive in our country will only have to make the customs declaration when they must pay the corresponding tribute for having exceeded the current franchise, transfer merchandise regulated by Senasa or enter cash and/or monetary instruments – in foreign or national currency of legal tender – for a value equal to the equivalent of the equivalent of $ 10,000”.

To leave the country, you can travel with Argentine goods for up to 2000 dollars without having to declare anything, while those who return to the country from abroad will not have inconveniences if they do it with:

• A cell phone
• A notebook or tablet.
• Clothes
• Objects such as non -commercial TV, for personal use
• Other objects declared when leaving

It should be clarified that there is a franchise to be able to enter objects bought abroad, which varies its amount according to the route through which Argentina is entered:

Land or river:

• U $ S 300 in luggage
• No franchise in the Free Shop of arrival, except in Puerto Iguazú that will be US $ 500

Air or sea:

• $ 500 in luggage
• US $ 500 in the arrival free shop

In addition, you can enter or graduate by the luggage regime without phytosanitary intervention:

• Oils of vegetable origin (groceries, cosmetics, medicinal, etc.), solids or liquids.
• Vegetable essences (aromatizing dyes, etc.)
• Vacuum packaged products.
• Canned products.
• Products in brine and other preservatives.
• Packaged spices.
• Chocolates
• Matte yerba elaborate and packaged.
• Ice and dessert dust, packaged. – Packaged starchs. – Butter and cocoa paste.
• Handicrafts, small manufactures of plant fibers (sterillas -fombras – hats – baskets – wooden jewelry, etc.)
• Soluble coffee. – Torrado and ground coffee. – Glucose and refined and packaged sugar. – Cigarette and cigarettes.

Purchases abroad: what cannot be entered into Argentina

The most common and something that is used in all homes that is so far prohibited for admission are white line appliances:

• FLEEADERAS: of different sizes and types (with freezer, cyclic, no frost).
• Washing machines: automatic, semi -automatic, dryry.
• Kitchens: gas, electric, hob, ovens.
• Dishwasher: of different capacities and models.
• Freezers: horizontal or vertical for the conservation of frozen foods.

But in addition, prohibitions extend to:

• Archaeological and cultural material
• Merchandise with commercial or industrial purpose
• Narcotic drugs
• Weapons, Explosives (except Authorization of the ANMAC)