Argentina clothing label compliance was meaningfully simplified in 2024: Resolución 49/2024 repealed the old 404/16 and amended articles of 26/96 and 850/96 — the Declaration of Composition (DJCP) is no longer a prerequisite for selling imported textiles, exporter identification is optional, and the importer's name may be replaced by its CUIT tax number. The baseline is unchanged: Mercosur's technical regulation on textile labelling still requires fibre composition, country of origin, care instructions and the domestic producer or importer details, in Spanish.

This guide covers the 2024 changes, the Mercosur labelling baseline, Spanish terminology and wording, keeping composition consistent, arrival and customs consistency, and a sampling checklist — for neck labels, care labels and hang tags on Argentina-bound orders.

1. What Resolución 49/2024 Actually Changed

  • No more pre-market composition filing: with 404/16 repealed, imported textiles no longer need a DJCP filed before sale — the label simply arrives with the goods
  • Exporter identification is optional: the exporter no longer has to appear on the label; responsibility sits with the domestic producer or importer
  • Importer name may be replaced by CUIT: imported goods can carry the CUIT tax number in place of the importer's name, provided it stays clearly legible
  • Language requirement unchanged: labels and accompanying text must still be in Spanish
  • Entry into force: published in the Official Gazette in February 2024 and effective from the following day

2. The Mercosur Baseline: Four Items That Never Change

ItemRequirementWhere it goes on the trims
Fibre compositionPercentages by weight, in descending orderCare label or neck label (sewn-in)
Country of originHecho en or Fabricado en plus the countryCare label, alongside composition
Care instructionsSpanish wording, or wording plus standardised symbolsCare label — symbols plus Spanish wording works best
Domestic producer or importerName, or the CUIT tax number aloneCare label or a removable label (hang-tag reverse works too)
SizeUsually required, depending on category and buyerNeck label or size label

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay share this Mercosur technical regulation. When one shipment is distributed across several of them, the required items stay broadly the same, but the language set, carton marking and each port's inspection habits still need country-by-country confirmation.

3. Spanish Terminology and How to Word the Label

  • Fibre terms: Algodón (cotton), Poliéster (polyester), Nailon or Poliamida (polyamide), Viscosa (viscose), Elastano (elastane), Lana (wool), Acrílico (acrylic)
  • Origin wording: imported goods read Hecho en China or Fabricado en China, while goods made in Argentina normally carry Industria Argentina — never mix the two
  • Importer field: word it as Importado por [company] – CUIT 30-XXXXXXXX-X; if you print the CUIT alone, verify it is the current registration
  • Care wording: Lavar a mano (hand wash), Lavado a máquina en frío (cold machine wash), No usar secadora (do not tumble dry), No usar blanqueador (do not bleach), Planchar a baja temperatura (low iron)
  • Layout: Spanish words run long, so allow enough care-label width; with symbols plus text, place the symbols first and keep the Spanish lines above the legibility floor

4. Managing Composition After the DJCP Was Dropped

  • Dropping the filing does not free you to write anything: the label must still be truthful, and consumer-protection and market-surveillance authorities keep their power to check after the fact
  • Base composition on the fabric test report or the mill's composition sheet, and keep label percentages inside what testing can support — in buying practice a tolerance of plus or minus 3% per fibre is the usual benchmark
  • Where a buyer still needs a composition statement for listing or platform review, suppliers can issue a composition sheet and test report — Argentina simply no longer treats it as a precondition for sale
  • Still list functional fibres and low-percentage blend components separately so a market check can be matched line by line

5. Three Things to Finish Before the Goods Arrive

  • Label at origin: Argentine importers normally insist labels are applied before shipment, avoiding relabelling labour and warehousing cost at the port or in a bonded area
  • Three-way consistency: composition, origin and quantities must agree across care labels, hang tags, customs documents and carton marks
  • Seal the artwork: fix and seal the neck label, care label and hang-tag layouts at sampling stage, then produce to that sealed version so one shipment never carries two label versions
💡 Tip: the 2024 simplification removed a pre-import filing, not the information on the label. Give your trim supplier the importer's CUIT or full name, the composition report and the Spanish care wording up front and the label is right the first time — far cheaper than fixing it after the goods reach port.

6. Sampling Checklist

  1. Importer identity: name or CUIT, whether it must appear on the label, and the split between removable and permanent labels
  2. Composition: percentages from the test report, descending order, functional fibres listed separately
  3. Care: Spanish wording plus symbols, with no contradiction between the two
  4. Origin: Hecho en or Fabricado en wording matched to the customs paperwork
  5. Size and placement: size-label content, plus stitching position and method for the neck label and care label
  6. Languages and distribution: if one batch ships to several countries, settle the label language set and carton marking in advance

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