I am hearing, from forwarders, in Korea that Argentina as household goods basis LCL ,, will only accept NEW bikes into the country.
Can any one else confirm?
A French man ,, Francoise ,, got a rate of USD 820 but forwarders are refusing the used bike.It is now being routed to Chile or Peru.

Importing a Vehicle - AngloINFO Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Importing a Vehicle
Details on bringing a vehicle to Argentina, with details on temporary entry and importation...

Vehicles may be brought into Argentina in one of two different ways:

A temporary entry permit
Importation
A temporary import will be completed at the point of entry into Argentina. The information below is intended as a simplified guide to what is an extremely complex process for both temporary entry and for importation.

The first step is to contact the Argentinian consulate in the country of residence to start the procedure for bringing a car to Argentina.

According to Law No. 25,871 and its amendments and the Decree No. 616 of May 6, 2010, the following people may import cars:

Foreigners with permanent residency in Argentina and returning Argentinian citizens
Foreigners with a temporary visa
Diplomats and military personnel



Export.gov - Argentina CCG 5-Trade Regulations, Customs, and Standards

Prohibited and Restricted Imports

Prohibited Imports

The Government of Argentina has prohibited importation of the following products:

Toys and childcare products containing high concentration of phthalates (Resolution 583/2008, Ministry of Health)
Medical products containing nimesulide as an active ingredient (Disposition 4430/2009 ANMAT).
Incandescent light bulbs for residential use included under HS Code 8539.22.00, with the exception of those of power equal to or less than 25 watts, and those of voltage equal or less than 50 volts (Law 26473).
Certain used machinery, equipment, instruments, devices, and its parts (Resolution 909/1994 MEOSP and its modifications: Resolution 748/1995, Decree 690/2002, Appendix XIV; Resolution 89/2003 ME, article 7°, etc.).
Medicines and food containing olaquindox (Resolution 84/2007 SENASA).
Paints, lacquers and varnishes containing more than 0.06 grams of lead for every 100 grams of non-volatile mass (Resolution 7/2009 MoH).
Used automobiles (Decree 110/1999)
Used motorcycles and velocipedes (Resolution 790/1992, Ministry of Economy)
Used clothing and accessories (MERCOSUR Tariff Codes 6309.00.10 & 6309.00.90) until January 1, 2016. (Decree 2112/2010)
Telephone terminals that operate in a band between 1880 Mghz-1900 Mghz (Resolution SC 1994/1999)
Used and recapped tires (MERCOSUR Tariff Codes 4012.10.00 & 4012.20.00, Law 25,626)
Raw cotton (not carded or combed, harsh or rough) as per Res. SENASA 208/2003
All types of dangerous residues (Law 24051)
Certain dangerous substances (Resolutions 750/2000, 845/2000, 182/1999, etc.)

In what to all HU members concern the whole above information is completely wrong.

If your desire is to come to Argentina as a tourist your vehicle must be shipped declared as “Used Motorcycle (or car/truck) for tourist purposes”

At entry a Temporal Importation will be issue and customs will give you a period of time of maximum 8 months at one entry for visit Argentina, every time you cross out will be cancelled and a new one you will get at new entry.
We strongly recommends for a bike to ship it by air freight, the process at BA airport is a lot faster and local charges are cheaper.

Vehicles must come with rider/driver name on the title/registration, don’t need Carnet de Passage and the shipper should produce one shipping document (BL or AWB) per each vehicle.


All the regulations and laws mentioned on the above OP posts are for permanent importation and in noting are relatives to travellers. If your shipper don’t know the differences my advice goes to look for other people to trust your steed…

Saludos

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Javier...
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I am going to sort him out today,, meanwhile,, if you could get me a customs agent in Buenos Aires.

Damn.. it's not Argentina..
it's the shipping lines.. calling it ..dangerous cargo.
Looking into ro ro.

Yes, Sandra my wife does. Drop her an email before to get in troubles.

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For Argentina or to anywhere, always a motor-vehicle is considered as “Dangerous Cargo Goods” and only will impact on the freight price, nothing to do with that….
In a Ro-Ro will be also considered as “Dangerous ..” but if you come as Passenger on same boat will be also “accompany luggage” what make the entry a lot simpler.
But as far I know there isn’t a RO-RO service from the Orient, and the only one that take passengers (only 12 by trip) are from Europe, Grimaldi Ferries.
Like I told you first look for Air Freight, just ask the international airlines cargo departments in your area to point you with the right forwarders.
Cheers

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1) Francoise will contact you. As he needs an agent in Buenos Aires ,, if he gets to ship it there.
2) Ro-Ro service between Korea-Japan and Peru - Colombia,, bringing in cars is avaliable ,, sailing end of this month.
3) Chile and Argentina is the only two country giving headche.

Rest assured ,, people had NO problem sending bikes to Argentina till April of this year ,, All of a sudden they are refusing the bikes in a LCL basis.
4) Air cargo quote from DB Schenkers and Korea Express is USD 8,000 and USD 5,000.

Be wary folks ,, sending a used bike in a shipping container, to Argentina, from Korea is very diffecult, unless you hire a whole container.

1) Ok
2) Don’t know that service, you was talking about Argentina.
3) Your shippers in Korea give you headache, NOT Chile and Argentina.
(Try to Brazil or Venezuela and you will have more than a headache)
Please, be assured that travellers had no problems to bring bikes and others vehicles for tourist purposes to Argentina till TODAY and NOBODY here is refusing to receive a bike even on a LCL container, only has to bring their own Bill of Lading (BL).
4) We don’t have recently experience with shipping TO Korea, but we had shipped from Buenos Aires to Japan and to Russia a few bikes by air freight the last months and no one pay more that USD 3.000 as maximum. Usually to Southamerica is a little more expensive but not in that percentage…
At those prices, be sure that the mentioned forwarders are ripping you off.

Beware you that you aren’t talking to the right companies and because they can not fill a container to Argentina they are giving you fake excuses or ridiculous prices for Air Freight…

Please, bear on mind that maybe isn’t the intention but you are giving other people false information that will affect their plans and / or make them worry on the basis of something with what you don’t have firsthand knowledge…..

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