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title: "Argentina to reform anti-dumping system to boost competition"
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# Argentina to reform anti-dumping system to boost competition

> Argentina to reform anti-dumping system to boost competition

By Reuters · Published 16 January 2025, 07:58 SAST · Updated 16 January 2025, 07:58 SAST

## Key points
- In a bid to rescue consumers from the clutches of inflated prices, Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Caputo has unveiled a plan to trim the fat off anti-dumping duties, shortening their lifespan and investigation timelines, all while President Milei dreams of a leaner, meaner economic machine.
- Argentina announces reforms to its anti-dumping system aimed at enhancing competition and lowering prices.
- Maximum duration for anti-dumping duties will be cut from five years to three, with a single two-year extension.
- Investigation timelines will be reduced to eight months, streamlining the entire process.
- President Javier Milei emphasizes reducing state intervention as part of his strategy to combat economic crisis and inflation.

## Content

Argentina will roll out changes to the country's anti-dumping system in an effort to promote greater competition and bring down prices, Economy Minister Luis Caputo said on social media on Wednesday.

The changes include reducing the maximum duration of anti-dumping duties from five years, with unlimited renewals, to three years with a single two-year extension, Caputo said.

According to the official, Argentina's current provisions for anti-dumping duties, intended to prevent unfair competition between imported and domestic goods, have increased consumer prices and industrial costs.

The changes, which will be published in the government's official bulletin on Thursday, will also include shortening investigation timelines to eight months and streamlining procedures.

Libertarian President Javier Milei has made shrinking the state's role in the economy a key part of his agenda to pull Argentina out of economic crisis and bring down sky-high inflation.

"With this reform, competition is encouraged, the original function of anti-dumping duties is restored and a more transparent and balanced foreign trade is sought," Caputo said.

(Reporting by Aida Pelaez-Fernandez; Writing by Brendan O'Boyle)