Argentina Industry Reports

Argentina is one of the world's largest producers and exporters of cereals and oilseeds and it is also among the ten biggest beef and poultry meat producers on a global scale. The agriculture sector has a key socio-economic role for Argentina, ...

Over the 2014-2016 period, the automotive industry of Argentina experienced a sharp drop in production and sales, after a robust expansion between 2003 and 2013. Several factors contributed to this downward trend: the contraction of the ...

Argentina hosts the third-largest ICT sector in Latin America in terms of subscribers, after only Brazil and Mexico. In regional terms, the country also has relatively high penetration rates in the main ICT products and services – such as ...

Argentina is the second-largest economy in South America after Brazil in terms of nominal GDP. It is an important consumer market with a population of over 43.6mn people, as of December 2016. During the period 2011–2016, the trade sector ...

In 2012-2016, loans and deposits in Argentinean banks grew at CAGRs of 28.7% and 33.8%, respectively. In 2016 alone, the sector’s deposit base expanded by 45.2% y/y, its strongest growth in the last five years, while the banks’ loan ...

The agriculture, livestock and fishing sector plays a key role in Argentina’s economy, accounting for 6.4% of GDP, 29.9% of the total exports and 5.3% of the total registered employment as of the end of 2016. During the year, the agricultural ...

Latin America and the Caribbean – one of the most endowed regions in natural resources on a global scale, has prominent positions in the oil and gas industry. In 2015, the region held about 20% and 4.2% of world’s proven reserves of oil ...

The value added of Argentina’s transport sector increased at a meagre CAGR of 0.6% over 2010-2015. Both passenger and cargo transport registered a poor performance in the period, with the passenger segment declining by an average of 1% per year ...

Construction is one of the main economic sectors of Argentina, accounting for 4.7% of the country’s GDP, 1.4% of total FDI inflows and 5.9% of formal employment in 2015. However, even this considerably underestimates the social importance of ...

In 2015, the mining sector of Argentina – which excludes oil and gas extraction – accounted for 0.7% of the country’s GDP, a figure that has remained relatively stable since 2011. However, mining plays a key role as the ...