The measure, which establishes a 0% aliquot for non -metal, metalliferous mining products, application rocks and fuels, does not reach silver and lithium.
The Government decreed the elimination of withholdings for exports of 200 mining products, including Gold, copper and cales. The measure will enter into force this Friday and arrives after the reduction of aliquots for soybeans, corn and other agricultural products.
Through Decree 563/2025published this Thursday in the Official Gazettethe Retention of retentions This midnight was formalized. The regulations order to set at zero percent (0%) the aliquot of the right of export for a series of merchandise in the mining sector, included in different tariff positions of the common nomenclature of Mercosur.
The measure includes products categorized in non -metal, metalliferous mining areas, application rocks, fuels, and precious and/or semiprecious stones. Among them, gold, copper – which was included even if there is no production – and cales, not including silver and lithium.
On the other hand, the new regulations Decree 308/2022, which had created the optional record of copper exports.
Precisely, days ago, the presentation of a copper rigi for more US $ 15,000 million was announced, which could become the largest foreign investment in Argentine history.
“This measure is based on the impact of the mining sector on the Argentine economy, the direct and indirect consequences in terms of employment generation, the added value that promotes and the growth potential it has,” says the decree in the recitals.
In addition, he points out that mining represents 80% of the export capacity of the provinces of Jujuy, Santa Cruz, San Juan and Catamarca.
Source: Ambito
