The auctions are carried out online through the Banco Ciudad website. In the first quarter of the year, Customs collected $150 million this way
By Gerardo Choren
10/05/2023 – 11,19hs
Alcoholic beverages and electronic items: those are the products that were seized by the Customs and that this body plans auction during may.
The auctions include cameras, audio consoles and speakers, among others, seized due to irregularities detected during control procedures.
auction processes are done online, on the Banco Ciudad websitewhich significantly increases the public of potential buyers: all people of legal age, residing anywhere in the country, can participate.
For it must register at least 48 hours in advance. The merchandise that will be auctioned during May is based on a value of $7,277,069.44 million and the schedule can be consulted at
According to the schedule released by Customs, on May 18 cell phone and electronic items will be auctioned for a total of $491,307, while on May 23 it will be the turn of alcoholic beverages, for $6,785,762.44 million.
The auction will be held at the Banco Ciudad site
Due to high demand, they add days to carry out auctions
Since those operations are registering a high demand, an additional day for its realization was incorporated from this month: For example, on Tuesdays the public sale of precious metals, precious stones, works of art, boats, cars and motorcycles will take place.
On the site the merchandise is detailed, the base price of each lot and a description carried out by the appraisers of Banco Ciudad and Customs, according to official information.
In addition, Customs detailed that in the first four-month period of the year, the auctions have raised a total of $152,007,000 million, a figure that is equivalent to the amount that entered in the entire 2022 period.
Products seized by Customs but which were donated
The agency made deliveries of donations valued at $2,371,330,953 million during 2022 and so far in 2023.
Also, last April, the value of donations made within the framework of Law 25,603 amounted to $301,963,808 million. The recipients were various municipalities and/or governments of the provinces of Buenos Aires, Jujuy, Salta, Santa Cruz, La Rioja and Misiones, as well as national entities such as Cáritas Argentina and the Ministry of Social Development.
Among other items, disposable chinstraps, gloves and diapers were delivered, 3,000 liters of edible oil, 11,000 bazaar units, 82,859 units and 5,116 kilos of clothing and footwear, a truck with a trailer, a van, drones, machinery and equipment for agricultural work , 945 electric ovens, 1,085 air conditioners, 11 generator sets, 600 motorcycles and 1,300 liters of fuel, Customs detailed.
