In a move aimed at stopping the massive influx of second-hand clothing, the General Directorate of Customs (DGA) at the request of the responsible minister for productive coordination Pablo LavigneAdvertising new requirements Importers.
To measure the level achieved last year using the income of used clothingThe ProTejer Foundation has published alarming figures about it Growth of this sector with the opening
He Customs clearance center (CDA) reported that since then December 15, 2025The MALVINA Information System (SIM) included an additional management requirement The sector is seen as a brake on the influx of used textiles.
From now on, this applies to tariff positions 6309.00.10 and 6309.00.90 Certificate of usual disinfection. The system requests a new document: AUTO-USED-CLOTHING, a Intervention led by the Undersecretary of State for Industrial Policy.
Exponential growth
The measure responds to the explosion in imports recorded in the first ten months of the year. According to ProTejer, the textile sector is facing one unprecedented competition in this segment.
Between January and October, purchases abroad amount to $3,732,384 (FOB) and, in Volume to 3,521,456 kg.
Considering that since 2019, these operations have been prohibited by a regulation of Mauricio Macri, the jump is exponential: 11,728% in dollars and 26,538% in volume.
Seen on the market, used clothing already represents that 11.55% of the total value of imported clothing in Argentina and almost that 11% of physical volume, a figure that worries local manufacturers.
The fault route
The report states that revenues from this commodity are highly centralized geographically. On the one hand, it points to the Jujuy customs office, where the 84% of the total imported (almost 3000 tons).
However, the main origin of these products is chilia country that acts as Logistics hub for discarded clothing from other markets.
This emerges, among other things, from the ProTejer report Buenos Aires received only 16%with low income from Ezeiza and Salta.
The demands of the industry
ProTejer strongly rejects this practice and points out that disinfection neither eliminates health risks (e.g. residual chemicals) nor the impact on the environment.
“We ask that used clothing cannot be importedas is the case in the vast majority of countries in the world. “It is discarded clothing that ends up in a landfill,” the foundation says, stressing that Argentina is becoming a destination for global textile waste, the organization says.
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