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Taking dollars to Argenta?

Replies: 4 - Last Post: Nov 12, 2012 11:36 AM Last Post By: nahuel

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Euster

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Nov 8, 2012 10:44 PM
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Taking dollars to Argenta?

Hi,

I'm travelling to Argentina in December and was wondering if it's a good idea to take dollars into the country, given the high inflation rate? My knowledge of economics isn't particularly good so apologies if this is a silly question!

Very grateful for any advice!

Ewan.

ban_janti_return

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Nov 9, 2012 8:00 PM
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It's not silly, but it's getting asked million times now.
If you don't want to be screwed by official rate and don't mind carrying cash - yes, take as much as you are comfortable with and even better enough for a whole trip.
If you are paranoid of being robbed than it's a price to pay for that, about 20% in exchange...

daktari10

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Nov 11, 2012 1:25 PM
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Many countries have a limit to how much cash you can carry through customs. Does anyone know how much dollars you can bring? Can you "clear it" through customs somehow?

ban_janti_return

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Nov 11, 2012 3:17 PM
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#3 It's common mistake, there are no limits, you just need to declare anything above $10k, not declaring it is illegal, brining as much as you want is legal if you can explain why you bring it and where is it coming from

nahuel

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Nov 12, 2012 11:36 AM
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good idea to bring dollars in cash (well preserved notes without anything written on it) as you can get a better rate on the black market. As said above you just have to declare more than 10.000 USD but in any case I wouldn´t want to run around with 20.000 Dollars in cash either.
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