End-to-end solutions
for entering the Argentine market.
PNC Group has run the entire chain since 2011 — importing, clearing customs, warehousing and selling. You bring the product or the capital. We run the operation.
Three fronts at once — and most sellers win only one
A Chinese supplier selling directly into Argentina has to solve compliance, logistics and sales at the same time.
Compliance
Importer registration, a licensed customs broker, six separate taxes and customs rules that change every year. Operating without a local structure means costly mistakes — or no legal way to import at all.
Logistics
Coordinating factory, carrier, customs, warehouse and inland transport is a chain of at least five links. A single coordination error can freeze goods for weeks or months.
Sales
Reading the Mercado Libre algorithm, holding a strong reputation, supporting buyers in Spanish and competing on price takes a dedicated commercial team with local experience.
The answer isn't doing all three better. It's not having to do them.
PNC Group is the operating partner that already resolves compliance, logistics and sales as one integrated service, with 15 years in the Argentine market.
Why Argentina, why Mercado Libre
46M people
High e-commerce penetration across the region.
One dominant platform
Payments, shipping and traffic in a single marketplace.
Fewer middlemen
Today two or three links take margin between the factory and the customer.
Direct sale, more margin
That lost margin is what the Chinese investor can capture.
Source: CACE — Argentine Chamber of Electronic Commerce.
China → Hong Kong → Argentina
A three-node structure. Each node has one specific job.
CHINA
- Factory sourcing
- Consolidation warehouse in Guangzhou
- Loading into 40HC containers
HONG KONG
- Our own trading company
- International invoicing
- Supplier payment management
ARGENTINA
- Own clearance and importer of record
- Warehouse in Buenos Aires
- Selling on Mercado Libre
Why the Hong Kong node matters
The Hong Kong trading entity invoices the Chinese supplier in US dollars, orders the flow of international payments, and gives the investor a financial counterparty outside Argentina — which lowers exposure to local currency and operating risk.
Track record
A partner with a track record, not a new venture.
The investor is not funding a launch. They join a structure that already has clients, suppliers and container flow running.
From the factory floor to the buyer's door
Seven steps take a product from a Chinese factory to nationalised stock sitting in our Buenos Aires warehouse.
Two warehouses, one chain
A consolidation warehouse in China and a deconsolidation warehouse in Buenos Aires, expanded to carry growing volume.
Rates negotiated on volume
40-foot containers consolidated from the main Chinese ports, at rates the group's shipping frequency earns.
Predictable cycles
From departure of the China warehouse to stock availability in Buenos Aires, with tracking at every stage.
Last mile and Mercado Libre
Ship from our own warehouse
Dispatch from our own warehouse, with tighter control of stock and cost per shipment. Best for a wide catalogue.
Mercado Envíos Full
Stock held in Mercado Libre's own centres. Delivery in 24–48 hours and better placement. Best for high-rotation SKUs.
Reputation is the most valuable asset
Dispatch speed sets your reputation. Reputation sets how much you sell.
We track stock and dispatch in real time to hold that standard.
What you actually pay to import
Six taxes, calculated in cascade on the CIF value.
≈ 19% of CIF, not recoverable
Import duty and the statistics fee stay in the landed cost of the product.
Recovered in weeks or months
VAT, additional VAT and both withholdings come back as a credit against the tax due on local sales.
SME exemption certificate
PNC Group companies hold exclusion certificates for VAT (20%) and income tax (6%). Few companies in Argentina hold them — only those that meet strict tax-conduct standards. That cash never leaves the operation, so working capital goes further.
Customs and compliance
Formal clearance
Every import is filed through a licensed customs broker, declared in the Maria system with full traceability before ARCA.
Our own importer of record
PNC is already registered as importer of record with a solvency history. The investor does not need their own licence to start.
Certifications
We handle technical and sanitary requirements from bodies such as SENASA and ANMAT when a product calls for them, avoiding delays or rejections at clearance.
2024–2026: fewer barriers
Prior import licences (formerly SIRA) have been removed. Only specific sanitary and technical controls remain.
Compliance isn't paperwork. It's the licence to operate.
One error in tariff classification or declared value can hold a container for weeks. That is why every operation goes through the same PNC broker team.
Three ways to work with PNC
You can take one of these or combine all three, depending on what you bring to the operation.
Customs
PNC provides the customs know-how, together with the tax benefit its exemption certificates carry.
Local logistics
We run the logistics needed to operate on Mercado Envíos Flex and Full, from warehouse to buyer.
Financial
The Hong Kong company acts as the instrument that clears the payment routes between supplier and operation.
How the final cost is built
The margin is calculated per SKU
There is no single number that holds across a catalogue: duty rate, weight, volume and category all move it. Send us your product list and we return the landed cost in Buenos Aires and the expected margin, with the full breakdown behind it.
Risks and how we cover them
Alternative routes
More than one origin port and carrier cleared, so no single sailing can hold up the operation.
Safety stock
Buffer inventory in our own warehouse for the highest-rotation SKUs, avoiding stockouts on Mercado Libre.
Working capital
Tax credits and commercial finance lines hold cash flow steady while withholdings are recovered.
Backup team
Alternative brokers and carriers already vetted, ready to replace any single supplier without stopping the flow.
A low-risk way to prove the model
One container is enough to test real margins before anyone commits to scale.
Pilot container
A limited catalogue of high-rotation SKUs, shipped and sold end to end.
Results review
Real margins measured against projection, with full cost breakdown.
Scale-up
More volume and a wider catalogue, under a formal partnership.
Send us your product list and we'll come back with landed cost and margin.