Overview
- Customs operations from August 4 to 8 seized nearly 3,000 irregular parcels across nine provinces using scanners and trained dogs.
- Resolution 313/2025 removed over 12,000 bureaucratic steps to accelerate imports, driving a 300% rise in optics shipments and a 108.7% increase in toy volumes year-on-year.
- ARCA has launched the Mesa contra el Contrabando under Agustín Rojo, uniting trade groups and the Security Ministry in coordinated anti-smuggling efforts.
- Industry leaders warn that scrapping traceability measures like the ‘grabado’ is legalizing informal imports and eroding oversight capacity.
- Domestic producers urge tighter controls to safeguard jobs and consumer safety, citing risks from low-quality housing and electronics entering the market.