Argentina: Agroexports increase 27% during 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Argentina’s exports of agricultural products reached US$14.367 billion, 27% more compared to 2020. Its agro exports reached 105 destinations globally, and of the total, five markets concentrated 57% of shipments, highlighting Brazil with 17% share and Vietnam and South Korea with 7% each.
This is according to the results provided by FreshFruit, in accordance with the entity’s evaluations, which also indicate that Argentina has an agro-export basket made up of more than 270 agricultural products. However, only two foods account for 71% of its supply, namely corn (56% share) and wheat (15%).
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In this context, the company specialized in trade intelligence for the agro-export sector stressed that the concentration occurs “in products with very volatile prices because they are commodities”.
In the case of corn, 35,853,286 tons were exported for US$8.047 billion, 3% less in volume and 32% more in value compared to the previous year. With this product, Argentina reached 115 destinations around the world; however, the most important ones were Vietnam (17% share), South Korea (13%), and Egypt (10%).
Wheat shipments amounted to 8,474,354 tons for US$2.122 billion. Compared to the previous year, exports of the fruit fell 11% in volume and remained similar in value. There were 46 destinations for Argentine wheat during the period analyzed, the most important being Brazil, with a 62% share, and Chile, with 10%.
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| USD/BRL | 5.16 | +0.01% | -5.13% | 5.16 | 5.18 | 5.14 | — |
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| PETR4 | 41.64 | -0.05% | +35.19% | 41.66 | 41.97 | 41.15 | 41,499,400 |
| VALE3 | 72.97 | +0.83% | +30.75% | 72.37 | 73.54 | 72.66 | 17,658,000 |
| ITUB4 | 38.60 | -1.03% | +4.57% | 39.00 | 39.34 | 38.39 | 29,487,800 |
| BBDC4 | 16.85 | +0.36% | +3.50% | 16.79 | 16.90 | 16.67 | 19,416,900 |
| BBAS3 | 19.37 | +0.47% | +0.73% | 19.28 | 19.44 | 19.16 | 11,069,200 |
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| CSNA3 | 4.30 | +0.47% | -42.65% | 4.28 | 4.41 | 4.26 | 10,076,100 |
| GGBR4 | 24.69 | +2.19% | +51.38% | 24.16 | 24.85 | 24.18 | 7,047,600 |
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