Argentina restricts online shopping as foreign reserves drop

“Anyone buying items through international websites will now need to sign a declaration and produce it at a customs office, where the packages have to be collected.  The procedure will need to be repeated for every new purchase.  Argentina’s reserves of hard currencies dropped by 30% last year.  The government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has introduced a number of restrictions on transactions with foreign currency.  Items imported through websites such as Amazon and eBay are no longer delivered to people’s home addresses. The parcels need to be collected from the customs office, to make it easier for customs officials to enforce the import tax.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25836208

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