More than half of the products arrive from China

The new online shopping system "door to door" finished its first month of business with an increase of over 30% in orders and with regard to the origin of the purchases, China accounts for 56% of the system's orders.

China is followed by countries like Singapore, Malaysia and Laos, which together adds another 23%. In the "rest of the world" category, shipments are recorded from the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom as major countries. Switzerland, Spain, Japan, Austria and Belgium", says Infobae.

Only 4% of orders come from the United States. Undoubtedly, the dollar component, the high cost of international mail shipments and the price of products are also at stake: in China, they are much cheaper. In addition, Amazon does not send products directly to the country at this time.

"Everything comes from China for a price problem. The new system works better. Of course, that could not get worse. The franchise has been updated and everything is much simpler. If you had to adjust some things, such as speeding up: a purchase took me a month to get home since I entered the country. In addition, some initial technical problems have been solved, "said Guido Di Paolo Portal, who runs since 2012 the Aliexpress Argentina blog, with guides and tips to buy abroad.

"Regarding purchased items, we highlight toys (card games, anime), clothes, vehicle parts (new), cell phones / tablets and works of art (not requiring 39, affidavit) ", detail in AFIP.

"The products change, before, it was convenient to buy shoes, but now, with the exchange of the dollar, not so much. Nowadays, you buy clothes (jeans, divers, t-shirts and many women's swimsuits) as well as toys, where there are differences of up to 70%. Then there are gadgets and electronic accessories, "explains Di Paolo.

In almost all cases, for the limit of purchase and the weight of each shipment (up to 20 kilos), These are small products that do not affect, according to the authorities, local sales volumes of these articles.

Before the introduction of the new system, about 9,000 products arrived every day, but it was heavy and had to be removed from customs, in the middle of long queues and with an inefficient system.

Since April, with the new modality, it has increased to 12,000 per day, 33% more in 30 days. "More than 130,000 users have already registered in the new system", detail of Correo Argentino on the website of which all the procedures are now carried out so that the products arrive directly at home.

Thus, every Argentine can enter the country, without paying taxes, 12 shipments per year of 50 USD each, not cumulative. In total, u $ s600. All "door to door" operations are centralized from the new international shipping portal, on the website of Correo Argentino.

There, the user you must upload your data and those of the purchase and you will receive a notification of the arrival of the shipment in the country by e-mail (This was by telegram) and you can track traceability at home online. Nor should we make a double notification in AFIP.

However, the customs reserve the right to ask the buyer to withdraw the shipment itself if it has disadvantages such as weight and deductible. This caused delays and protests in the early days of the operation.

"Since April 1, more than half of the shipments have had a customs delay, but this has already been solved in its entirety.On the other hand, many parcels pbad to the circuit face to face because users indicate , in the statement, that they ignore the contents of the mailing, either because it is a gift, or because they do not know what is there at l & # 39; inside. the presence of the person will always be required, but from the new changes, it can ask to be represented by the official post before the customs", they detail the official body.

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