Argentina: Customs established reference values for tomatoes and must

The General Directorate of Customs (DGA) established reference values for the export of fresh or chilled peritas tomatoes and for concentrated must, reported the Federal Administration of Fiscal Revenues (AFIP). In a statement it was highlighted that the reference values are a tool that allows detecting abusive maneuvers in foreign trade such as under-invoicing in exports. With the reference values, Customs, headed by Silvia Traverso, seeks to detect deviations from the usual values for identical or similar goods. These reference prices constitute a first control of the declarations in safeguard of the fiscal interest. It is an instrument that had been dismantled during the previous government and began to be reestablished in December 2019 as part of the new management's foreign trade inspection and control strategy. General resolution 4943/2021, published today in the Official Gazette, defined the reference value for the export of fresh or chilled peritas tomatoes. In the coming ...