
ARCA, Argentina's tax agency, announced that importers will no longer have to prepay 95% of the PAIS tax to access US dollars for foreign trade. The 7.5% reduction in the tax applies only to imports and transport, while dollar card payments stay at 30%, and the PAIS tax is scheduled to expire at the end of December.
Lower import costs and a lower implicit exchange rate for imports may ease the cost of importing feed inputs into Argentina, which slightly supports demand for imported goods and firms the peso.
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