New Geographical Indications in Argentina

The Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries—under the Ministry of Economy—issued Resolutions 126/2024 (on December 26, 2024), 127/2024 (on December 23, 2024), and 28/2025 (on February 26, 2025), recognizing the following Geographical Indications (GIs):

• TÉ ARGENTINO
• MIEL DE FLORES DE ATAMISQUI DE SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO
• ORÉGANO DE SAN CARLOS

The requests for recognition, registration, and protection of these GIs were submitted by the Non-Profit Civil Association “Consejo de la Indicación Geográfica Té Argentino,” the Non-Profit Civil Association “Consejo de la Indicación Geográfica Miel de Flores de Atamisqui de Santiago del Estero,” and “Sociedad Rural del Valle de Uco,” respectively.

The Resolutions:

• Grant the certificate of usage rights for the recognized GIs.
• Approve the logotype that will be used to commercialize the products the GIs cover.
• Establish the obligation to use the term “INDICACIÓN GEOGRÁFICA PROTEGIDA” on all the products the GI covers, following Resolution 546/2011 of the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries.
• Establish the obligation to use the logotypes in the Resolution to benefit from the refunds provided for GI products, following Decree 1341/2016 of the Ministry of Agroindustry.

The new GIs logotypes are:

The protected GI areas include:

1. TÉ ARGENTINO: regions in the northeast of Corrientes and Misiones (https://www.marval.com/archive/a_newsletters/PDFresolucion.pdf).
2. MIEL DE FLORES DE ATAMISQUI DE SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO: the Departments of Figueroa, Banda, Robles, Capital, Sarmiento, San Martín, Avellaneda, Atamisqui, Loreto, Salavina, Salípica, Quebrachos, and Ojo de Agua in Santiago del Estero (https://www.marval.com/archive/a_newsletters/PDFresolucion.pdf).
3. OREGANO DE SAN CARLOS: the Department of San Carlos, Mendoza (L_Resolución SAGYP 28_2025.pdf), notably, the first ever recognized for this product at a global level.