IMPORT / EXPORT REGISTRATION - REQUIREMENTS

Registration application, reinscription, data alteration or cancellation of the registration listed in the Registry will be made through submission of N° 420/R DJAI (Special Import Affadavit) form. This must be submitted via Electronic Data Interchange system (“Sistema Registral”), entering TIN (TaxPayer Identification Number) on AFIP website.
To start the registration process, select "Registros Especiales, F. 420/R Registro Operadores Comercio Exterior, Trámite a realizar": "Inicio" (Special Registration, F. 420/R Customs Brokers - Foreign Trade, Procedure). Once all the general requirements are fulfilled, submission of N° 420/R DJAI form follows. In case of failure to meet requirements, the registration process will be prevented and the cause indicated.

Once said procedure is finished, the system will issue an acknowledgement of receipt.

Upon completion, the data will be compared to the Registry of Offenders' records and the Customs control area will provide the corresponding risk profile.

In order to register, all general requirements shall be met. Note the following requirements:

Registration with “Iva y Ganancias o Monotributo” (VAT and IncomeTax or Regime for Small Taxpayers) for taxation purposes -Not available for importers.
Non-bankrupt status.
Non-insolvent status.
Trade assistants and Customs brokers only eligible.
Signature, photo and digitally-recorded fingerprints in “Sistema Registral” ("AFIP’s Registry System").
No history record in the Registry of Offenders. In the case of legal entities, this requirement is applicable to the components thereof.

Compliance with all these requirements will be controlled by AFIP's system of computer records.

After the general requirements are met, the particular requirements will follow.

These are detailed in point 10 of the Annex to General Resolution No. 2570/09, and they may vary according to the broker's category to be registered.
In the case of importer/exporter registration, the following requirements must be met:
1) Accrediting economic solvency or acting as a guarantor in terms of RG 2220 (controlled via AFIP’s computer system).
2) DJ (Affadavit) stating the compliance with Art. 94, Sect. 1, Sub-section d) in the Customs Code. In the case of legal entities, the requirements must be met by directors, managers or partners with unlimited liability. At the time of registering, applicants must submit this electronically-processed Affidavit on the AFIP website.
3) Certificate of Criminal Record issued by police authorities. In the case of legal entities, directors, managers or partners with unlimited liability shall meet said requirements. Certificate of Criminal Record may also be issued by "Dirección de Reincidencia del Ministerio de Justicia" ("Criminal Record Secretary of the Justice Ministry").

In brief, once the application is initially processed on the AFIP website ("Sistema Registral" - "Registros Especiales" - "Registro de Operadores de Comercio Exterior"), every appointed partner must submit before local "División Registro de la Aduana" ("Customs Registration Section") the acknowledgement of receipt issued by AFIP and the Certificate of Criminal Record attached thereto.

The Registry of Offenders will evaluate said submission and - after a term of 15 days- determine appointed partners' eligibility for final registration as importer/exporter in accordance with the Customs Code.

Once the initial application is authorized by the Registry of Offenders, applicants for registration will be able to continue with the registration process. Applicants must access the registration system on the AFIP website by entering CUIT. That is, applicants must click on "Sistema Registral", “Registros Especiales”, “Registro de Operadores de Comercio Exterior”, "Trámite a Realizar", and then, select “ALTA”, “IMPORTADOR / EXPORTADOR” and finally click on “Aceptar”.

When applying for registration, the system will control the requirements of economic solvency and guarantee status in accordance with General Resolution Nº 2220 (AFIP).

The system will control appointed partners' signatures, photos and digitally-recorded fingerprints (Biometric Information), and likewise, appointed partners will be required to validate Affidavits in respect of eligibility for registration in accordance with Art. 94, Sect. 1, Sub-section d) in the Customs Code.

Once all these requirements have been met, the company will finally be Registered as an Importer / Exporter before the DGA ("Customs General Direction").