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Argentina: Citizens only allowed to buy dollars if traveling to the US

Announcement

06 May 2012

In May 2012, the government of Argentina announced a rule change for commercial cross-border financial flows.

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Number of interventions

1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

06 May 2012

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 06 May 2012
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments In force
On 6 May 2012, the Federal Administration of Public Investments announced that Argentinian citizens would no longer be allowed to buy dollars to travel abroad. As specified in the Official Gazette, in...
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