Argentina

Educational

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Governmental

http://www.anses.gov.ar/	Administracion Nacional de la Seguridad Social
http://www.congreso.gov.ar/	Congreso de La Nacion Argentina
http://www.inta.gov.ar/	Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria, Rivadavia 1439 (1033) Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://www.mincyt.gov.ar/	Ministerio de Educacion Ciencia y Tecnologia, Avda. Córdoba 831, C1054AAH - Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Tel:  0054 11 4313-1477/1484, Fax: 0054 11 4312-8364, EMail: webmaster@correo.secyt.gov.ar
http://www.minplan.gov.ar/	Ministerio de Planificacion Federal- Secretaria de Obras Publicas, Hipolito Yrigoyen 250, Piso 11, C1109AAB Buenos Aires
http://www.sagpya.mecon.gov.ar/	Secretaria De Agricultura y Ganaderia, A.V Paseo Colon 982, Piso 1, C1063ACW Buenos Aires
http://www.secom.gov.ar/	Secreatria De Comunicacion, Sarmiento 151, Piso 4, C1000ZZA Buenos Aires
http://www.mecon.gov.ar/	Ministry of Economy and Production, Hipolito Yrigoyen 250, Piso 5, C1086AAB Buenos Aires
http://www.cnc.gov.ar/	Comisión Nacional de Comunicaciones,  Comisión Nacional de Comunicaciones, Centro de Información Técnica, Perú 103, Piso 4, (1067) Buenos Aires, Tel: (54-11) 4347-9365/9371/9372, Fax: (54-11) 4347-9367, Contact: Lic. Aminta Freschi, Open to the public: Monday through Friday, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
http://www.transporte.gov.ar/	Secretaria de Transporte, Hipolito Yrigoyen 250, Piso 12

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Leasing

http://www.bna.com.ar/

Banco de la Nación

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Retailers

http://www.compumundo.com.ar	Computer retailer in Buenos Aires.Spanish site.
http://www.falabella.com	Retailer in consumer goods.  Spanish site only.

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Telecommunications Systems Operators

http://www.comsat.com.ar/	Comsat Argentina, Carlos Pellegrini 1363, Piso 6, (CP1011) Buenos Aires, Argentina, Phone: +54 11 4229 6000
http://www.cti.com.ar/	CTI Movil, Tel: 0-800-123-0611
http://www.porthable.com.ar/	Hutchison Telecommunications Argentina S.A. (PORT-HABLE)
http://www.impsat.com/	ImpSat Argentina, Alférez Pareja 256, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Phone: +54 11 5170 6720, Marcelo Girotti, mgirotti@impsat.com.ar
http://www.localhost.net.ar/	LocalHost Internet Services, Av. Corrientes 5171 7mo B, Argentina, Phone: +54-11-4854-9263, Nicolas Sigal, nsigal@localhost.net.ar
http://www.redcyt.secyt.gov.ar/	Red Cientifica y Tecnologica Nacional (REDCYT), Avda. Córdoba 831 - 3er.piso - Of. 314, (1054) Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Phone: +5411 4312 8917/ 3099 (Int. 312)
http://www.retina.ar/	Red Teleinformática Académica - RETINA, Esmeralda 339 - 3er Piso - 2do Cuerpo, C.P. 1035 - Capital Federal, Argentina, Phone: +54 11 4322 8488, Guillermo Cicileo, gcicileo@retina.ar
http://www.siemens.com.ar/	SIEMENS (Argentina), Oficina Central - Av. Presidente Julio A. Roca 516   C1067ABN, Buenos Aires, Linea Directa: 0810-999-7436367
http://www.arnet.com.ar/	Telecom Arnet
http://www.intercom.com.ar/	Telecomunicacion Intercom S.A, Pellegrini 168, San Nicolas - Buenos Aires, Argentina, Phone: +54 03461 434141, Sebastian Tabellione, chipi@intercom.com.ar
http://www.telmex.com/	TELMEX, Edificio Porteño Plaza III, Olga Cossettini 1071, Piso 1°, (C1107CEA) Buenos Aires, Argentina, Phone: +5411 5288 0222, Diego Alonso, diego.alonso@telmex.com
http://www.telefonica.com.ar/	Telephonica, Telecom provider
http://www.telecom.com.ar/	Telecom Argentina
http://www.unifon.com.ar/	Telefonica Comunicaciones Personales SA (UNIFON
http://www.velocom.com.ar/	Velocom

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Used / Reconditioned

Please visit: http://web.ita.doc.gov/.

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VARS, ISVs, Resellers, System Integrators

ISV

http://www.metasoftarg.com/	METASOFT Argentina, Bartolomé Mitre 864, 9o; Piso, (1036) Buenos Aires, República Argentina, Tels.: (5411) 4345-0998, Fax: (5411) 4345-4878, EMail: metasoft@metasoftarg.com
http://www.open-sol.com.ar/	Open Solutions Argentina S.A. ,Piedras 77 piso 6, (C1070AAA) - Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel - Fax - L.R. (54 + 11) 4334-3477, e-mail: info@open-sol.com.ar

Resellers

http://www.la.logicalis.com/

Spftnet Logical, Paseo Colon 707, C1063ACH – Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54) (11) 4344-0300, EMail: Info@la.logicalis.com

VAR

http://www.snoopconsulting.com/snoop_en/

Snoop Consulting, Paraguay # 346 floor 5, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1057AAB,  Argentina Tel: (+54 11) 4516 0988

System Integrators

http://www.interservices.com.ar/	Interservices, Av. Leandro N. Alem 1134, 4º piso, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, C1001AAT, Argentina, Tel.: +54 (11) 4310-4545, Fax: +54 (11) 4310-4505
http://www.baufest.com	Baufest,  Av. Las Heras 3257, C1425ASJ Buenos Aires, Argentina, Telephone:  +54 11 4807 8080 Fax:  +54 11 4801 6146

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Directories and Databases

http://www.grippo.com

Directorio Argentino (Argentine Directory)

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Duties, Tariffs & Taxes

Please visit: http://web.ita.doc.gov/.

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General Country Information

http://www.bcba.sba.com.ar/	Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires, Sarmiento 299, Piso 1, C1041AAE Buenos Aires
http://www.latinworld.com/	Directory of Argentina-related web sites.
https://www.cia.gov/	CIA Factbook
http://www.correoargentino.com.ar/	Correo Argentino, webmaster@correoargentino.com.ar
http://www.state.gov	US Dept. of State's Background Notes
http://travel.state.gov/l	US Dept. of State's Consular Information Report
http://argentina.usembassy.gov/	US Embassy, Buenos Aires
http://www.invertir.com/home.swf	Fundacion Invertir (Private organization that follows investments)
http://www.greatestplaces.org/	Greatest Places: Iguazu Falls
http://www.intertournet.com.ar/	Guia Diplomatica
http://www.datapack.com	Data Pack - If you are looking for information of Latin-American companies and how to establish commercial deals with them, you are in the right place.
http://www.museosargentinos.org.ar/	Museos Argentinos
http://www.mecon.ar	Ministerio de Economia (Ministry of Economy's Website)
http://www.ruralarg.org.ar/	Sociedad Rural Argentina, Florida 460, C1005AAJ, Buenos Aires
http://geography.about.com/	About's guide to Argentina
http://travel.lycos.com/	Lycos City Guide to Argentina
http://www.fodors.com/	Fodors is known for being the best site for travel offering hotel, restaurant reviews and their series of mini-guides to specific destinations.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/	Lovely Planet's guide to Argentina
http://www.welcomeargentina.com	WelcomeArgentina (Travel in Argentina)

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Intellectual Property Rights

http://www.iipa.com/	INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE - 2001 SPECIAL 301 REPORT
http://www.inpi.gov.ar/	Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial (in Spanish only)
http://www.sice.oas.org/	Intellectual Property Rights Legislation
http://natlaw.com/	Argentina Intellectual Property Rights Law

Secured interests in property, including mortgages, are recognized and common in Argentina.  Such interests can be easily and effectively registered.  They also can be readily bought and sold. However, since February 2002, the government of Argentina has continued to extend a temporary moratorium prohibiting financial institutions from foreclosing on delinquent mortgages on primary residences. In another case, the government of Argentina has intervened to prevent a secured creditor from repossessing leased locomotives from a railroad concessionaire, citing "public service" needs.  The government of Argentina has neither offered nor paid compensation for the continued retention of the locomotives.  

The government of Argentina adheres to most treaties and international agreements on intellectual property and belongs to the World Intellectual Property Organization and the World Trade Organization (WTO).  The Argentine Congress ratified the Uruguay Round agreements, including the provisions on intellectual property, in Law 24425 on January 5, 1995.
 
Patents:
 
Patent law is the weakest element in Argentina's intellectual property rights regime, and extension of adequate patent protection to pharmaceuticals has been a highly contentious bilateral issue.  In early 1997, the U.S. announced the suspension of 50 percent of Argentina's trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) because of inadequate protection of pharmaceutical products.  In November 2000, after years of protracted debate, a new patent law took effect and a number of pharmaceutical patents were issued.  This law improved earlier Argentine patent legislation, but provides less protection than that called for in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).  In April 2002, the United States and Argentina reached an agreement with respect to most of the claims in a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute brought by the United States with respect to Argentina's implementation of its TRIPS obligations.  Two issues, including the critical issue of data protection, remain unresolved.  The United States and Argentina have agreed to leave these issues within the WTO dispute settlement mechanism for action.  The GOA has drafted a bill to implement the April 2002 agreement and has presented it to Congress, where it remains under review in the Senate.  Certain U.S. and European pharmaceutical firms are concerned that provisions in the GOA's draft bill could undercut the limited success they have achieved in protecting their products through judicial injunctions. 
 
Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, and Semiconductor Chip Layout Design: 
 
The legal framework to protect intellectual property such as books, films, music, and software in Argentina has improved in recent years.  However, the economic crisis of 2002 led to an increase in the use of unlicensed software and optical media.  Argentine authorities continue their efforts to combat the piracy of videotape, software and other copyrighted material, but enforcement continues to be sporadic and pirated products are still available in the market.  The government has improved the process for trademark registration.  Argentina has no specific law on trade secrets, although penalties for unauthorized revelation of secrets are applied to a limited degree under commercial law. Argentina has signed the WIPO Treaty on Integrated Circuits, but has no law dealing specifically with the protection of layout designs and semiconductors.

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Market Research

http://www.analogias.com.ar/	Analogias S.R.L, A.V Callao 66, Piso 5, C1022AAN Buenos Aires
http://www.ey.com/	Pistrelli Henry Martin y Asociados S.R.L, 25 de Mayo 487, C1002ABI Buenos Aires
http://www.ifop.com/	Ifop-Asecom Latin America S.A, A.V Belgrano 1255, C1093AAA Buenos Aires
http://www.cicmas.com.ar/	Cicmas Strategy Group, Teodoro Garcia 1721, C1426DMC Buenos Aires
http://www.convergencia.com.ar/	Group Convergencia, Bolivia 547, Piso 3, Of 3, C1088AAK Buenos Aires
http://www2.acnielsen.com/	ACNielson Argentina S.A, Tucuman 348, C1049AAH Buenos Aires
http://www.princecooke.com/	Prince and Cooke, Ayacucho 1435, Piso 1"B", C1111AAM Buenos Aires
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/	Strategis / USDOC Telecom Market Research
http://www.american.edu/	American University MBA Report

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Search Engines

http://www.ahijuna.com.ar	¡Ahijuna!
http://www.buenosaires.com/	BuenosAires.com
http://www.brujula.net/	brujula.net
http://www.buscapique.com/	BUSCApique.com - La Red Latina
http://www.buscador.clarin.com/	Clarin.com
http://www.directoriobariloche.com/	DB (Directorio Bariloche)
http://www.grippo.com.ar/	Grippo
http://www.guiafe.com.ar/	GuiaFe
http://www.interlap.com.ar/	InterLap
http://www.webfe.com/	WebFe.com
http://ar.yahoo.com	Yahoo, Argentina
http://www.escapeartist.com/	Argentine Search Engines on the Internet

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Technical Standards

http://www.iram.org.ar/

Instituto Argentino de Normalizacione y Certificacion, Peru 552/556

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Trade Associations

http://www.aiera.org/	Asociacion de Importadores y exportadores de la Republica Argentina, Av Belgrano 124, Piso 1, C1092AAO Buenos Aires
http://www.cabase.org.ar/	CABASE is a non-profit organization with a membership including: Internet access providers, database producers, telcos, datacomms service providers, and web farms.
http://www.cessi.org.ar/	Camara de Empresas de Software y Servicios Informaticos - (Chamber of Software Companies and Computer Services)
http://www.cira.org.ar/	Camara De Importadores De La Republica Argentina (Argentine Chamber of Importers), Attn: Mr. Diego Perez Santisteban, President, Av. Belgrano 427, Piso 7, 1092 Buenos Aires, Phone: (54 11) 4342-1101/0523, Fax: (54 11) 4345-3003, E-mail: cira@abaconet.com.ar
http://www.cace.org.ar	CACE (Argentine Chamber of Electronic Commerce), Attn: Jose Calderazi
http://www.da.com.ar/	Grippos index of 30+ Argentine trade associations and users groups
http://uia.org.ar	Union Industrial Argentina (Argentine Industry Association), Mr. Osvaldo Rial, President, Av. Leandro N. Alem 1067, Pisos 10 y 11, 1001 Buenos Aires, Phone: (54 11) 4313-2561/2611, Fax: (54 11) 4313-2413, E-mail: uia@oct.net.ar

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Trade Publications

http://www.elgrancriticon.com.ar/	El Gran Criticon
http://www.pcwla.com/	PC World Argentina , Editor Responsable: David Expósito, EMail: (dwebb@pcw.com.ar)
http://www.da.com.ar/	Grippo's index of computer publications

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Trade Shows, Exhibitions and Seminars

Additional information on how to prepare for and select an international trade show can be found at http://www.exportmichigan.com/. 

http://www.tscentral.com/	This site provides an extensive trade show directory with detailed information on 30,000 international and domestic trade shows, conferences and seminars. You can search by show name, show type, industry, city, country, and start & end dates of the show. Some events have the option to have more information sent to the user and have on-line event registration.
http://www.techweb.com/	Techweb’s calendar is focused on information technology and provides access to information on 2,000 plus technology related events which may be searched by key word or by industry. There is detailed information on each event. Additional information concerning computer related trade shows can be found here.

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Trade Statistics

Computers & Peripherals

HTS Number	2005	2006	2007	Percent Change 2006 - 2007
	In Actual Dollars
847330 PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES AND UNITS THEREOF, MAGNETIC OR OPTICAL READERS, TRANSCRIBING MACHINES, ETC., NESOI	77,043,228	92,663,164	53,174,237	-42.6%
847150 PROCESSING UNITS OTHER THAN THOSE OF 8471.41 AND 8471.49, N.E.S.O.I.	16,919,236	30,550,597	51,651,317	69.1%
847180 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING UNITS, N.E.S.O.I.	15,363,939	18,233,001	48,705,722	167.1%
847170 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING STORAGE UNITS, N.E.S.O.I.	29,942,826	35,822,341	20,885,361	-41.7%
847149 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES AND UNITS THEREOF PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF SYSTEMS, N.E.S.O.I.	15,910,322	16,118,934	18,832,275	16.8%
847130 PORTABLE AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES, WEIGHT NOT MORE THAN 10 KG, CONSISTING OF AT LEAST A CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT, KEYBOARD & A DISPLAY	5,393,076	13,831,427	12,802,231	-7.4%
847160 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INPUT OR OUTPUT UNITS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING STORAGE UNITS IN THE SAME HOUSING, N.E.S.O.I.	9,230,459	18,592,226	7,130,628	-61.6%
847141 ADP MACHINES COMPRISING IN SAME HOUSING AT LEAST A CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT AND AN INPUT AND OUTPUT UNIT, WHETHER OR NOT COMBINED, N.E.S.O.I.	3,908,421	5,452,489	3,626,210	-33.5%
847190 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING UNTS THEREOF; MAGNETIC/OPTICAL READERS, MACH FOR TRANSCRIBING DATA TO DATA MEDIA IN CODED FORM & MACH FOR PROC DATA, NESOI	2,025,704	1,409,494	2,740,169	94.4%
847110 ANALOG OR HYBRID AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES	6,551,215	1,826,268	0	-100.0%
	182,288,426	234,499,941	219,548,150	-6.4%

Source: USITC Trade Data Web

Telecommunications Equipment

HTS Number	2005	2006	2007	Percent Change 2006 - 2007
	In Actual Dollars
851762 MACHINES FOR THE RECEPTION, CONVERSION AND TRANSMISSION OR REGENERATION OF VOICE, IMAGES OR OTHER DATA, INCLUDING SWITCHING AND ROUTING APPARATUS	0	0	94,153,490	N/A
851770 PARTS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS	0	0	20,491,262	N/A
851712 TELEPHONES FOR CELLULAR NETWORKS OR FOR OTHER WIRELESS NETWORKS	0	0	10,503,204	N/A
851718 TELEPHONE SETS, NESOI	0	0	8,379,014	N/A
851769 OTHER APPARATUS FOR THE RECEPTION, CONVERSION AND TRANSMISSION OR REGENERATION OF VOICE, IMAGES OR OTHER DATA, NESOI	0	0	3,816,048	N/A
851711 LINE TELEPHONE SETS WITH CORDLESS HANDSETS	2,056,534	1,263,275	2,521,409	99.6%
851761 BASE STATIONS	0	0	371,424	N/A
851721 FACSIMILE MACHINES	14,457	3,563	0	-100.0%
851730 TELEPHONIC OR TELEGRAPHIC SWITCHING APPARATUS	16,765,968	21,618,501	0	-100.0%
851780 ELECTRICAL TELEPHONIC AND TELEGRAPHIC LINE APPARATUS, N.E.S.O.I.	3,630,788	979,382	0	-100.0%
851790 PARTS OF ELECTRICAL APPARATUS FOR LINE TELEPHONY OR TELEGRAPHY, INCLUDING PARTS OF SUCH APPARATUS FOR CARRIER-CURRENT LINE SYSTEMS	15,032,984	17,534,741	0	-100.0%
851750 ELECTRICAL TELECOMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOR CARRIER-CURRENT LINE SYSTEMS OR FOR DIGITAL LINE SYSTEMS, N.E.S.O.I.	26,966,579	30,995,961	0	-100.0%
851719 VIDEOPHONES & OTHER TELEPHONE SETS, N.E.S.O.I.	521,732	4,213,231	0	-100.0%
	64,989,042	76,608,654	140,235,851	83.1%

Source: USITC Trade Data Web

http://www.intracen.org/

Source: The International Trade Centre is the joint agency of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations.

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User Groups

http://appleusergroups.com/	Apple users groups
http://www.da.com.ar/	Grippos index of Argentine trade associations and users groups
http://www.cricava.com/java	JAVA Users Group
http://www.linux.org/	Linux users groups
http://argentina.pm.org/	Perl users group