Argentina recorded a trade surplus of 1402 USD Million in August of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Argentina Balance of Trade - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The statistic shows Argentina's trade balance of goods from 2014 to 2024. Trade balance is the value of exported goods minus the value of imported goods. A positive trade balance signifies a trade surplus, while a negative value signifies a trade deficit. In 2024, Argentina's trade surplus amounted to around **** billion U.S. dollars.

Key information about Argentina's Trade Balance

• Argentina's Trade Balance recorded a surplus of 725.8 USD mn in Jan 2025, compared with a surplus of 1.0 USD bn in the previous month
• Argentina's Trade Balance data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1991 to Jan 2025, with an averaged value of 406.0 USD mn
• The data reached an all-time high of 2.5 USD bn in Aug 2021 and a record low of -1.3 USD bn in Dec 2017

• In the latest reports, Argentina's Total Exports reached 7.1 USD bn in Dec 2024, a decrease of 19.1% YoY (year-on-year)
• Total Imports recorded 6.0 USD bn in Dec 2024, an increase of 19.1% YoY (year-on-year)

Graph and download economic data for International Merchandise Trade Statistics: Trade Balance: Commodities for Argentina (ARGXTNTVA01CXMLSAM) from Jan 1990 to Jul 2025 about Argentina and trade.

Argentina recorded a Current Account deficit of 3016 USD Million in the second quarter of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Argentina Current Account - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Argentina: Trade balance as percent of GDP: The latest value from 2024 is 2.51 percent, an increase from -1.14 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is -3.07 percent, based on data from 134 countries. Historically, the average for Argentina from 1960 to 2024 is 1.56 percent. The minimum value, -4.69 percent, was reached in 1962 while the maximum of 15.01 percent was recorded in 2002.

Argentina Trade Balance: Chile data was reported at 261.169 USD mn in Mar 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 466.041 USD mn for Feb 2025. Argentina Trade Balance: Chile data is updated monthly, averaging 256.000 USD mn from Jan 1999 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 315 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 676.000 USD mn in Dec 2024 and a record low of 34.000 USD mn in Jun 2016. Argentina Trade Balance: Chile data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Censuses. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Argentina – Table AR.JA003: Trade Statistics: by Trading Partner.

Graph and download economic data for International Merchandise Trade Statistics: Trade Balance: Commodities for Argentina (ARGXTNTVA01CXMLQ) from Q1 1990 to Q2 2025 about Argentina and trade.

The Argentine automotive industry has registered a negative trade balance for at least *** decade. In 2021, automotive imports in the South American country exceeded exports by approximately *** billion U.S. dollars. This represented an increase in the sector's trade deficit in comparison to the previous year, when Argentina's automotive imports exceeded exports by less than *** billion dollars.

Argentina Trade Balance: Annual: MERCOSUR data was reported at -1.349 USD bn in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of -6.794 USD bn for 2023. Argentina Trade Balance: Annual: MERCOSUR data is updated yearly, averaging 17.682 USD mn from Dec 1989 (Median) to 2024, with 36 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.255 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of -7.686 USD bn in 2017. Argentina Trade Balance: Annual: MERCOSUR data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Treasury. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Argentina – Table AR.JA003: Trade Statistics: by Trading Partner.

In 2023, Argentina's imports from China exceeded its exports by about 9.3 billion U.S. dollars. In that year, the value of products imported by Argentina from this Asian country reached about 14.5 billion U.S. dollars, whereas exports amounted to slightly over five billion dollars. In comparison to the year prior, exports from the South American country into China increased by over 2.7 billion U.S. dollars.

Historical dataset showing Argentina trade balance by year from 1960 to 2023.

In 2024, Argentina had a trade deficit of nearly *********** U.S. dollars’ worth of health equipment, the third-highest deficit reported within the industry during the period analyzed. In 2015, this figure was equivalent to nearly ************ U.S. dollars. During the last year examined, imports of health equipment into Argentina reached a value of around *********** U.S. dollars.

From 2014 to 2024, Argentinian imports of pharmaceutical products exceeded the country's exports by at least by *********** U.S. dollars. In the last year depicted, the trade deficit of pharmaceutical products reached approximately *********** U.S. dollars, down from *********** dollars reported a year earlier. Moreover, as of 2023, the pharmaceutical industry in Argentina had attained a market value estimated at roughly *************U.S. dollars.

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Argentina Trade Balance: Annual: NAFTA data was reported at 323.799 USD mn in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of -3.309 USD bn for 2023. Argentina Trade Balance: Annual: NAFTA data is updated yearly, averaging -2.033 USD bn from Dec 1989 (Median) to 2024, with 36 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.810 USD bn in 2003 and a record low of -4.671 USD bn in 2014. Argentina Trade Balance: Annual: NAFTA data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Treasury. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Argentina – Table AR.JA003: Trade Statistics: by Trading Partner.

With a total trade volume of 5.9 billion U.S. dollars, Brazil ranked as the most important trade partner of Argentina in the first quarter of 2024. During that same period, Argentina's largest trade deficit was with China, as the balance reached -1,158 million dollars.

Argentina AR: Trade Balance: Advanced Economies: Luxembourg data was reported at -0.842 USD mn in May 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of -0.873 USD mn for Apr 2018. Argentina AR: Trade Balance: Advanced Economies: Luxembourg data is updated monthly, averaging -0.519 USD mn from May 1999 (Median) to May 2018, with 226 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.212 USD mn in Dec 1999 and a record low of -2.698 USD mn in Jan 2017. Argentina AR: Trade Balance: Advanced Economies: Luxembourg data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Argentina – Table AR.IMF.DOT: Trade Balance: by Country: Monthly.

Argentina AR: Trade Balance: Advanced Economies data was reported at -289.940 USD mn in May 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of -358.089 USD mn for Apr 2018. Argentina AR: Trade Balance: Advanced Economies data is updated monthly, averaging -6.450 USD mn from Jan 1960 (Median) to May 2018, with 687 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 510.549 USD mn in Jul 2002 and a record low of -1.067 USD bn in Jan 1998. Argentina AR: Trade Balance: Advanced Economies data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Argentina – Table AR.IMF.DOT: Trade Balance: by Country: Monthly.

In 2022, the pharmaceutical sector exhibited the highest trade deficit within Argentina's chemical industry at 4.5 billion euros. No sectors within Argentina's chemical industry were able to achieve a trade surplus that year, with both inorganic chemicals and petrochemicals also showing trade deficits of 3.6 billion euros and three billion euros, respectively.