This was a consequence of a 50.8% increase in amounts and 1.6% in prices, according to official data. The subrubro that increased the most was “semi -worker consumer articles not specified in another game”, which climbed up to US $ 63 million in the month.
In this framework, although There are still no concrete figures on January movementsall the actors of this business agree that it is being registered an increasing trend of operations That nobody wants to lose.
Books, electronic items, toys and cosmetic products are among the most demanded products, according to the follow -ups made by the sales platforms themselves.
The new and old players who went to the ring
As soon as the measures of the former AFIP were announced, several eCommerce platforms inaugurated international product offer segments. THE MOVIDE It was headed by Mercado Librewhich was already offering that service in other countries where it operates, such as Mexico. The same path adopted the traditional chain of appliances Frávegawhich enabled the international option in its online store.
A month before, Amazon He had put his radar on Argentina again, announcing his decision to offer Free shipments From the United States in an amount of selected products, when the purchase value exceeds US $ 100.
For its part, the platform Tendamia The possibility of consolidate in a single order The five permitted annual purchases, reducing the associated costs and avoiding unnecessary consumption of shipments.
“We always recommend identifying all the products that are needed and group them in a single order. This ensures that shipments are not injured upon receiving multiple packages for a single order, ”said Santiago García Milan, Country Manager of Argentine Tiendamia.
Another platform that began to sound stronger in the country from these changes was Temua Chinese company that did not have Argentina among its enabled destinations. Through a buyers association system, it allows users access factory prices In a wide variety of products. On its page promotes unusual discounts of up to 99% for some selected products.
In this case, the shipping service to the country is provided by the local logistics firm Aeroboxwith offices in the Buenos Aires center. “When you register on our website, we provide you with An address in Miamiso you can buy in the official stores of your favorite brands and send your orders there. Then we take it to the door of your house in just 7 business days, without procedures, or delays, ”promotes Aerobox.
As regards last mile logistics, after changes in the door -to -door regime, the Argentine giant also came to carve Andreani. Perhaps anticipating what was coming, the national capital company bought a firm of Courier in 2023. And based on that operation, it structured a new business unit that launched in the mid -December of last year called Andreani Globalpack.
Thus, Andreani positioned himself as A weight competitor For large multinationals such as DHL, UPS and Federal Expresswhich also set a presence in Argentina.
Door -to -door purchases mobilize the air business
The possibility of consolidating the greatest amount of requests allowed in the same package also It is one of the advantages offered by Aerolineas Argentinas For its Courier service, which already has a long time of existence and was reactivated in recent months.
The airline offers the service through A deposit and logistics center Located in Miami, where Argentines who buy online on the different platforms can receive products for consolidation in a single package and subsequent shipment to Buenos Aires. The promoted price in a timely manner was U $ S16 per kilogram transported.
Through its website, Aerolineas Argentinas Couer that is part of the company’s load business unit, also offers users the possibility of calculating the cost of shipping with an online calculator and recommends making payments with payments with PayPal.
“Through our online calculator you will be able to obtain an estimate of The amounts that you must pay for taxes and shipping. For this you will need to know the postal code where the package, weight and dimensions of the products will be sent, as well as the USD value of your purchases, since from that ark value it will determine the value of taxes to be paid In Argentina, ”he explains.
The dynamism recorded by imports of products by door to door, also threatened the storage capacity available At Ezeiza International Airport, entrance point for merchandise bought abroad.
Because of this, Argentine Airports Cargas announced an investment of US $ 6 million To implement the works destined to “the improvement of the infrastructure affected to the operation of the import import type, a fast messaging service, specialized in the transport of packages, documents and merchandise of small volume.”
The project, whose execution It will be completed towards the end of this yearprovides for the transfer of the Import Courier operation to the Single Courier terminal, a specific building that will expand the existing operational space and enable an optimal organization and distribution of the goods.
“This will allow more speed to the treatment of the parcel in a growing volume. Likewise, a redesign of the roads that will facilitate the circulation of the various means of transport that carries merchandise operated under this modality is expected, ”said Daniel Ketchibachian, CEO of Argentine Airports.
Regarding the terms of execution of the works, the company clarified that the estimated time “is not only due to the complexity of the execution of the works. It also contemplates that the transfer of the operation of one building towards the other It must be carried out simultaneously, without affecting the provision of the service and trying to mitigate the adverse effects generated by the duplicity of infrastructure. ”
Source: Ambito

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