A market where Mercado Libre has almost no competition and the buyer pays at checkout — there is no cash-on-delivery and no refused parcels here. The clearest entry point for a foreign seller, and the place where our own warehouse sits.
What the marketplace withholds on every sale. Check the exact rate for your category in your seller dashboard.
The biggest cost after the fee — and the main reason cheap products go into the red.
Work out the exact cost for your product and price in the free calculator — it has the rates and thresholds of all six countries built in.
The regime you pick determines both your tax burden and whether you can import goods at all.
A flat payment by category A–K. The ceiling of category K is about ARS 126.6 M a year (scale effective July 2026). There are no tax credits, and you cannot import for resale.
IVA 21% on the markup, Ganancias on profit, IIBB around 4.5% on turnover. All customs prepayments come back as credits — for an importer this is the only workable regime.
Two import channels with different economics. Picking the wrong channel costs more than picking the wrong product.
The first USD 400 of goods value (FOB) is duty-free — five parcels a year, personal use. Above that: duty + 3% levy + 21% IVA.
Duty by tariff code + 3% statistical levy + 21% IVA + 20% IVA prepayment + 6% Ganancias prepayment + IIBB ~2.5%.
On Responsable Inscripto the IVA and all prepayments are recoverable. Your real cost is only the duty and the levy.
Decreto 604/2026 rewrote the parcel rules as of 17 July 2026.
The order of steps specific to Argentina — it differs from the rest of the region.
We receive, store and dispatch your goods — you can bring in a shipment and leave the country.
Breakdowns from our blog, with examples and numbers.
A foreigner can be a shareholder of an Argentine company without residency — there are no immigration requirements, only a CDI tax identifier. But the company must have an administrator resident in Argentina, and Mercado Libre account verification is done by a person holding a local DNI.
From ARS 33,000 shipping is free for the buyer and the seller pays the Mercado Envíos rate by weight, with a reputation discount. Below the threshold the buyer pays for shipping, but the seller is charged a flat fee.
To test a niche with locally sourced goods, Monotributo is simpler. For importing, only Responsable Inscripto works: a monotributista cannot clear a commercial shipment in their own name, and all customs taxes are lost, which pushes the landed cost up by roughly half.
The company can be set up remotely with an apostilled power of attorney through a consulate. But an administrator with a local address, and a person with a DNI for account verification, are required either way.
Fees, shipping, instalments and taxes in Argentina — it works out net profit and margin. Free.
A unit-economics sheet for the country, a customs calculator, an import guide and a country handbook — 19 files.
Receiving, storage and dispatch into Full. No contract, no minimum volume.
Tell us what your product is and where you plan to sell — we will run the economics and tell you whether Argentina makes sense for you.