Argentina will reduce the price of her mobile phones and technological devices: how cheaper it will be

I am a Chilean journalist, and I live in Santiago, and one of the usual events in the summer, at the end of the year or for long holidays, is that many Argentines cross the mountain range to come to our shopping centers to buy technological products that are 60% cheaper in my country for problems with tax issues.

This image and this landscape of a trance -Andicheter seemed to have come to an end, because on May 13, Havier Miley Government, through a representative of Manuel Adornie, announced that imported tariffs would be eliminated for cell phones and internal taxes that pay phones, televisions and imported air conditioners, as well as payments for these products that are originally in Tierra Del Fuego.

“The measure will create Total prices are reduced And Supply increase Of the big and best models thanks to more competition, ”they said from the police administration in their statement.

Accompanied by the Minister of Economics, Luis Toto Caputo, Adornie explained: “The National Government will completely eliminate tariffs for the import of a mobile phone: 16% will be 0%. This will happen in two stages: First, from 16% to 8%, which This will immediately affect the decree this week; and, in the second, tariffs will be completely excluded, up to 0%, and This will be influenced by January 15 of next year“

The products under consideration will achieve a decrease in their prices by 30%, which will equate them to similar products in the region.

“It goes Reduce smuggling and stealing cellsSomething, which has already happened with the theft of cars and tires from a permit for the import of car parts, ”Adornie dared and noted:“ As President Havier Miley promised, since the tax surplus is consolidated, taxes will still decrease. “

How much will a mobile phone or TV cost in Argentina now

The announcement immediately led to the calculation of new prices for the Argentines. Let’s look at some examples:

• For example, in the case iPhone 16, The base model purchased in USA It has a price of $ 829, which is equivalent, without tax on the country, up to 1.13 million pesos; belonging iPhone 16 Plus (929 US dollars), up to 1.26 million pesos; He iPhone 16 Pro (999 US dollars) up to 1.36 million; And iPhone 16 Pro Max (1199 US dollars) up to 1.63 million pesos.
• Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra of 512 GB of storage, which has a price in Amazon in the amount of $ 1085, and a total of $ 446.44 (that is, in the amount of $ 1531.44; from 2 to 2.2 million peso, depending on the dollar that is selected). Just as these 446 US dollars will be lower from the reduction in tax burden, the price of the version made in Tierra del Fuego should also be lower.
• Tariffs for the import of video games, such as PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X, which are transferred from 35% to 20%, will also be reduced.
• Internal taxes pay TVs and imported air conditioners from 19% to 9.5% and 9.5% to 0%