Following yesterday’s announcement of the application of a 0% export duty rate on grain exports, the National Executive Branch has formalized, through Decree No. 685/2025 (link), the temporary extension of the suspension of export duties on beef and poultry sector products, effective until October 31, 2025, inclusive.
In the recitals of the decree, the Executive Branch recognizes that the agri-livestock sector also represents one of the main sources of foreign currency generation, employment, and regional development. It further acknowledges that export duties are a distortive tax, which—to the extent permitted by the fiscal framework—should be reduced.
The decree establishes as a condition for accessing the benefit that exporters must liquidate at least 90% of the foreign currency proceeds within the period between the entry into force of the measure and three (3) business days following the formalization of the export permit. Failure to comply will result in the applicable export duty rate being imposed, in accordance with the corresponding tariff code.
As part of the implementation of the suspension of export duties, and to ensure operational functionality, ARCA has incorporated into the SIM (Maritime Information System) a system message that must be validated by grain exporters benefitting from Decree No. 682/2025.
This validation enables the system to apply the 0% export duty rate to the covered products. A similar validation mechanism is expected to be implemented shortly for meat product exports.
Within this framework, when submitting the Sworn Export Affidavit (DJVE), grain exporters must validate a system-generated message declaring that at least 90% of the foreign currency proceeds related to the export have been, or will be, liquidated from the effective date of the decree up to three (3) business days after the DJVE has been approved.
Subsequently, exporters must report to the competent authority via the MUELA-SITA system under the service “Sworn Affidavit – Decree 682/2025” the amount of foreign currency entered into the country and/or settled in the local foreign exchange market.
In the event of non-compliance, the exporter will be notified to regularize the situation, either by providing justification for the foreign currency liquidation or by making payment of the corresponding export duties.