The fruit-exporting country is no more: Argentina now spends as much money on importing them as it earns from its lower sales.

There is a trend within the fruit sector that has only deepened over the last 20 years: the export of fresh fruit is in sharp decline and below its industrialization, as consequences of policies unfavorable to the activity and trade. To this scenario is now added an even more worrying diagnosis: imports have skyrocketed and are already on the heels of foreign sales. In currency, they equal them. According to a recent report by the consultancy Top Info Marketing, led by agronomist Betina Ernst, the lack of support policies complicated the maintenance of a modern fruit cultivation, which cannot incorporate the necessary technology to compete internationally or to offer the quality that the most demanding markets now require. Added to this is another negative effect: the fruit industry has a small relative weight within Argentine foreign trade. As can be clearly seen in the graphs prepared by Ernst, in this scenario exports of fresh fruit have stagnated or fallen in recent years both ...