It is a fact: Argentina exports half of what its top 20 agro-exporting complexes produce

Published Feb 18, 2025

Tridge summary

The 2024 report by the FADA Foundation reveals that Argentina's agro-industrial chains contributed significantly to the country's foreign currency earnings, accounting for 61% of the total with exports valued at $48.37 billion in the previous year. This represents a 19.4% increase in total exports and a 24.6% rise in agro-industrial chains' exports. The report also indicates that on average, these chains exported about 48% of their total production, with variations among different complexes. Some complexes, such as pear, fish, legume, lemon, and tea, exported more than half of their production, while others like meat, dairy, and certain fruit and forestry complexes had an export/production ratio below 50%. Argentina's participation in the global trade of various products ranged from being the leading exporter of soybean oil, oil, and lemon juice to holding the fifth place in the export of shrimp/prawns, milk powder, and barley.
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The FADA Foundation presented its 2024 report on agricultural trade, reporting that the set of agro-industrial chains generated exports worth 48.37 billion dollars last year, equivalent to 61% of the total foreign currency obtained by Argentina (79.72 billion dollars). Compared to 2023, while total exports grew by 19.4% in value, the agro-industrial chains registered an increase of 24.6%. But the big data that emerges from this FADA report refers to the average international insertion of 20 agro-export complexes analyzed in more depth: it was 48% in 2023. This indicates that, on average, “the selected chains export almost half of what they produce.” Of course, there are different situations. Among the complexes that export more than half of their products to the world market are the pear, fish, legume, lemon and tea complexes. Obviously, many of the grains produced in Argentina as well. “In contrast, there are complexes with an export/production ratio below 50%, such as the meat ...

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