2025-09-22 | A 8335The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA) issued Communication A 8335 to update Section 23 of the monthly accounting report for foreign exchange operations, specifying precise field formatting, validation rules, and effective dates. Financial entities and foreign exchange operators must apply these adjustments to reports effective September 22, 2025, with tracking marks for concepts B28 to B31 taking effect on September 25, 2025. Rectifications must be submitted as complete batches, and the annex provides comprehensive field specifications, error codes, and mandatory integration guidelines for internal vouchers, beneficiary details, and asset/liability surveys.
"Year of the Reconstruction of the Argentine Nation" COMMUNICATION “A” 8335 22/09/2025 TO FINANCIAL ENTITIES, FOREIGN EXCHANGE OPERATORS: Ref.: Circular RUNOR 1-1924: RI Monthly Accounting Report - "Foreign Exchange Operations" (R.I. - O.C.). Adjustments.
We address you regarding Communication A 8333 concerning the referenced reporting regime. Accordingly, we enclose the sheets to be replaced in the ordered text of Section 23 of “Submission of Information to the Central Bank”. It is highlighted that the submission of information related to the Supplement of Section A is restored. The modifications will apply to information as of 22/09/2025; however, tracking marks related to concepts B28 to B31 must be reported starting 25/09/2025 with the aforementioned validity. Rectifications submitted under the stated validity must be processed as a complete batch. We remain at your service, CENTRAL BANK OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC Rodrigo J. Danessa Estela M. del Pino Suárez Chief Manager of Reporting Regime and Information Centers Deputy General Manager of Reporting Regime and Financial Services User Protection ANNEX
23.2.1.2. For any identification number shorter than 11 positions, a zero shall be appended to the right and the necessary number of zeros added to the left to reach the total length of Field 9. 23.2.1.3. Field 18 “Country of origin” is mandatory for operations conducted with clients residing abroad. This field must be filled with blanks when the reported operations correspond to residents of the country. 23.2.1.4. Field 4 shall be segmented to be integrated based on the attributes detailed below; where coded situations are not configured, blanks shall be added to complete the field length: Field 4.a) JURISDICTION – Positions 1 and 2 Filled with the corresponding jurisdiction code, according to the “Jurisdiction Code” table provided in the NP (Specific Rules). Field 4.b) RELATIONSHIP – Position 3 In all A11, A13, A21, and A23 operations, it must be indicated whether the client and counterparty establish the relationship types described in point 3.4 of the NP, with the exception of operations conducted under concepts A07, A09, A10, A12, A22, A24, S06, and S34 to S36. For this purpose, the third position shall be filled with “S” (Yes) or “N” (No). Field 4.c) TRACKING – Positions 4 and 5 Additionally, positions 4 and 5 must be completed, considering the provisions in points 3.6 to 3.51 of the NP (except points 3.49 and 3.50 of the NP) and in Annex III of these instructions. Positions 6, 7, and 8 shall be filled with blanks. 23.2.1.5. Field 13 is mandatory only when a correspondent bank participates in the reported operation (operation types A15, A16, A25, and A26 –always mandatory– and A11, A13, A21, and A23, when applicable). 23.2.1.6. Fields 16 “Final beneficiary/ordering country code” and 17 “Designation of foreign beneficiary/ordering party” shall be completed according to the guidelines established in Annexes I and II of this section. 23.2.1.7. Description-type fields (Fields 10 and 17 of the 2713 design) must not contain tab characters or quotation marks. They shall be generated in uppercase letters without accents. B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK Section 23. Foreign Exchange Operations. Version: 35a. COMMUNICATION “A” 8335 Validity: 22/09/2025 Page 5
23.2.1.8. In cases of cancellations (operation codes A21 to A26), Field 20 shall record the date on which the original operation was finalized. Coincidence with all fields reported for the original operation being cancelled must be verified, except for information/operation date and internal voucher number. Fields 4, 24, and 25 may not coincide in the following cases:
• Inflows of goods for duty-free shops: the MTDLIBRIM code shall be recorded. • Inflows of goods to bonded warehouses: the MDEPFRANC code shall be recorded. b) For operation types A13 with concept codes B02, B03, B04, B27, B29, B30, and B31: the first three digits shall be APX, the next five the entity code, and the remaining eight a correlational and sequential number starting at 00000001 daily. For operation types A13 with concept codes P01, P03, P06, P08, P12, P19, P20, P22, P23, P24, P25, P26, B24 and Field 4 (fourth and fifth position) equal to AB; concept codes P01, P03, P06, P08, P19, P20, P23, P24, P25 and B24 with Field 4 equal to AD; concept codes P01, P03, P06, P08, P23, P24 and P25 with Field 4 equal to AM; concept codes P01, P06, P08, P12, P18, P23, P24, P25, P26 and B23 with Field 4 equal to AI: the first three digits shall be APX, the next five the entity code, and the remaining eight a correlational and sequential number starting at 00000001 daily. If referring to inflow returns (A11) made prior to 02/09/19, the code structure shall be identical for the first eight digits, while the last eight shall be integrated with the date of inflow through the foreign exchange market (year, month, day) (APXEEEEEAAAAMMDD). The last eight digits must coincide with the date reported in Field 20. c) For operation types A11 with concept codes B05, B07, B10, B11, B12, B13, B16, B18, B19, B20, and B21: the first three digits shall be MSD, the next five the entity code, and the remaining eight a correlational and sequential number starting at 00000001 daily. If referring to payment returns (A13) made prior to 02/09/19, the code structure shall be identical for the first eight digits, while the last eight shall be integrated with the date of inflow through the foreign exchange market (year, month, day) (MSDEEEEEAAAAMMDD). The last eight digits must coincide with the date reported in Field 20. 23.2.1.10. Vouchers for export collections and import payments – Multiple vouchers. One record must be reported for each export dispatch or clearance permit included in the foreign exchange negotiation. For this purpose, for concept codes B01, B06, B14, B15, B17, B22, B26, B28, and P13 in cases where more than one is involved in the same voucher, the details from the Annex shall be reported as follows: In Field 6 “Internal Voucher No.”: the voucher number, which shall be repeated in all corresponding records. In Field 7 “Purchasing/Selling Entity No. – Multiple Voucher Sequence”: a sequential correlational number starting from 00001 within each voucher number. In Field 20 “Shipment Date/Collection Date/Cancelled Operation Date”: the collection date for concept codes B01 and B28, and shipment date for concept code B06, B14, B15, B17, B22, B26, and P13. B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK Section 23. Foreign Exchange Operations. Version: 31a. COMMUNICATION “A” 8335 Validity: 22/09/2025 Page 7
In Field 22 “Amount in original currency”: the foreign exchange amount allocated to each shipment/clearance permit included in the voucher. In Field 23 “Amount in original currency”: the amount in pesos. In Field 24 “Officialization number for export consumption/Identification code for import payment/Code of identification for operations associated with goods exports: the number of export dispatch or clearance permit or ZFI, as applicable. In Field 25: shall be integrated with blanks to cover its length. The remaining fields shall be integrated with the same data for all records involving the same voucher number (Field 6). 23.2.1.11. Integration of the “Shipment Date/Date of operation associated with goods export/Collection Date/Original Operation Date” field. For operations (A13) conducted under concepts B01, B02, B03, B04, B27, B28, B29, B30, B31 and S01 to S31 and S34 to S36: Field 20 shall record the collection receipt date. For operations (A11) conducted under concepts B06, B07, B10, B11, B14, B15, B17, B18, B19, B20, B21, B22, B26, P13: Field 20 shall record the shipment date. 23.2.1.12. Returns of advance and spot import payments / Cancellation of operations not corresponding to the application of foreign exchange from export collections. a) Returns of advance and spot import payments. For operations A13 conducted under concepts B05, B07, B10, B11, B12, B13, B16, B18, B19, B20, or B21: Field 20 shall record the date on which the original operation to which the return refers was finalized (i.e., the date recorded in Field 3 for concepts B05, B07, B10, B11, B12, B13, B16, B18, B19, B20, or B21 for A11 operations). This criterion shall apply even when the original operation had Field 20 integrated with the shipment date. For integrating Field 24, the provisions of point 23.2.1.9, subpoint c) shall be considered. In these cases, the amount in original currency (if applicable) must be equal to or less than that reported for concept codes B05, B07, B10, B11, B12, B13, B16, B18, B19, B20, or B21 in the original operation. B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK Section 23. Foreign Exchange Operations. Version: 37a. COMMUNICATION “A” 8335 Validity: 22/09/2025 Page 8
b) Cancellation of operations not corresponding to the application of foreign exchange from export collections. For operations A11 conducted under concepts P01, P03, P06, P08, P12, P18, P19, P20, P22, P23, P24, P25, P26, B23, or B24, corresponding to the foreign exchange market cancellation of an operation eligible for foreign exchange application (i.e., A13 operations with Field 4 –fourth and fifth position– equal to AB, AD, AM, or AI): Field 20 shall record the date of the original operation (i.e., the date recorded in Field 3 for concepts P01, P03, P06, P08, P12, P18, P19, P20, P22, P23, P24, P25, P26, B23, or B24 for A13 operations with Field 4 –fourth and fifth position– equal to AB, AD, AM, or AI). For integrating Field 24, the provisions of point 23.2.1.9, subpoint b) shall be considered. In these cases, the amount in original currency (if applicable) must be equal to or less than that reported for concept codes P01, P03, P06, P08, P12, P18, P19, P20, P22, P23, P24, P25, P26, B23, or B24 in the original operation. 23.2.1.13. Field 25 “Form number and inversion of the external assets and liabilities survey” shall be integrated for operations conducted with concept codes B03, B06, B07, B08, B10, B11, B14, B15, B17, B18, B19, B20, B21, B22, B26, B30, S01 to S31, S33 to S36, I01, I03 to I06, I09, I10, I12, I13, P01, P05 to P09, P11, P13, P22, P23, P24, P25, P27, and P28 with operation type A11 or A21. The format “RRRRRRNNNNNNNNNN” shall be used, where RRRRRR is the form number registered on the official website of the Customs Collection and Control Agency -ARCA- (BCRA service – External Assets and Liabilities Survey) and NNNNNNNNNN corresponds to the inversion number with which the operation was declared. When the number is shorter than the required positions, zeros shall be appended to the left to reach the total length. Example: an operation registered with inversion number 4 on form 020302, the number to be recorded is 0203020000000004. In cases of operations conducted with the concept codes indicated in the preceding paragraph that do not correspond to debt cancellations required to be declared, it shall be integrated with blanks. B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK Section 23. Foreign Exchange Operations. Version: 41a. COMMUNICATION “A” 8335 Validity: 22/09/2025 Page 9
B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK Section 23. Foreign Exchange Operations. Version: 25a. COMMUNICATION “A” 8335 Validity: 22/09/2025 Page 11 Designation: Foreign Exchange Operations - Daily Information Sheet 1 of 3 No. Field Name Type (1) Length Observations 1 Design Code Character 4 Constant 2713. 2 Entity Code Numeric 5 The corresponding to the current account in pesos. 3 Information/Operation Date Numeric 8 AAAAMMDD. 4 Jurisdiction Code / Relationship / Tracking Code Character 8 According to point 23.2.1.4 of these instructions: Field 4.a) positions 1 and 2 “Jurisdiction Code” for operation type A11, A13, A21 or A23 Field 4.b) position 3 “Relationship” Field 4.c) positions 4 and 5 “Tracking Code” 5 Operation Type Character 3 A11= Sales of banknotes and foreign currency to clients. A12= Sales of banknotes and foreign currency to other financial and exchange entities in the country (including BCRA). A13= Purchases of banknotes and foreign currency from clients. A14= Purchases of banknotes and foreign currency from other financial and exchange entities in the country (including BCRA). A15= Banknotes and foreign currency received by arbitrage and swap operations with foreign correspondents. A16= Banknotes and foreign currency sent by arbitrage and swap operations with foreign correspondents. A21 to A26= Cancellation of A11 to A16 operations. 6 Internal Voucher No. Character 20 For operation type A11, A13, A21 or A23. 7 Purchasing/Selling Entity No. – Multiple Voucher Sequence Numeric 5 - Entity Number for operation types A12 or A22 and A14 or A24.
B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK Section 23. Foreign Exchange Operations. Version: 23a. COMMUNICATION “A” 8335 Validity: 22/09/2025 Page 15 Code Legend Cause 13 DUPLICATE RECORD - Operations with clients: • more than one record reported with the same internal voucher number and sequence (Field 7), or • more than one record reported with equal MSD number for operation type A11, or • more than one record reported with equal APX number for operation type A13.
B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK Section 23. Foreign Exchange Operations. Version: 19a. COMMUNICATION “A” 8335 Validity: 22/09/2025 Page 18 Code Legend Cause 26 FIELD 20 INCORRECTLY REPORTED • For:
B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK Section 23. Foreign Exchange Operations. Version: 10a. COMMUNICATION “A” 8335 Validity: 22/09/2025 Page 20 Code Legend Cause 34 INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN CLIENT STATUS AND IDENTIFICATION TYPE Having reported Field 5 with an operation type A11, A13, A21 or A23 and having recorded Field 8 with identification type 55 or 66, Field 12 was not recorded as code 1. 35 FIELD 7 INCORRECTLY REPORTED - For concept codes B01, B06, B14, B15, B17, B22, B26, B28 and P13: having reported Field 7 with a number other than 0, the 00001 was omitted or the complete sequence is missing; or having reported equal to zero, at least one other record was reported with Field 7 different from zero;
Annex I Mandatory guidelines for Fields 16 and 17. Field 17 “Designation of Foreign Beneficiary/Ordering Party” is mandatory whenever code 2 has been recorded in Field 12. Field 16 “Final beneficiary/ordering country code” and Field 17 in cases where code 1 has been recorded in Field 12 shall be governed by the guidelines detailed below: • Case 1: Integration not admitted. Error Legend Operation Type (Field 5) Concepts 24 (Field 16 of the 2713 design) A11 or A21 A13 or A23 A09 - A10 - A11 - A12 - A16 - A17