Overview
- Resolution 10/2026, published by the Ministry of Economy, formally launches the case under the Secretariat of Industry and Trade with support from the National Foreign Trade Commission.
- The investigation targets automatic washers up to 13 kilograms and excludes machines with heat-dry systems or coin-operated units.
- Authorities set October 2024 to September 2025 as the dumping review period and January 2022 to September 2025 for assessing injury, and parties have 30 days to submit evidence and questionnaires.
- Official data indicate Chinese washers entered at nationalized prices below local products as China’s share of Argentina’s washer imports increased and average FOB export prices from China trended lower.
- No duties have been imposed during this evidentiary phase, which follows factory closures and workforce cuts at firms including Whirlpool, Electrolux and Mabe, with roughly 60% of 2025 imports reportedly remaining in importers’ stock.