Argentina’s trade surplus rose to USD 1,987 million in January 2026, up from USD 162 million a year earlier. Imports fell 11.9% year-on-year to USD 5,070 million, driven by a 12.1% decrease in quantities and a 0.2% rise in prices. Meanwhile, exports rose 19.3% to USD 7,057 million, led by an 18.5% increase in quantities and a 0.7% rise in prices. For the year-to-date through January 2026, the trade surplus stood at USD 1,987 million, up from USD 162 million in the same period of 2025. source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC)

Argentina recorded a trade surplus of 1892 USD Million in December of 2025. Balance of Trade in Argentina averaged 284.06 USD Million from 1957 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 2654.00 USD Million in May of 2024 and a record low of -1833.00 USD Million in June of 2023. This page 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. Argentina Balance of Trade - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2026.

Argentina recorded a trade surplus of 1892 USD Million in December of 2025. Balance of Trade in Argentina is expected to be 100.00 USD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Argentina Balance of Trade is projected to trend around 2300.00 USD Million in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-01-20 07:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Dec $1892M $2498M $1372M $ 700M
2026-02-19 07:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Jan $1987M $1892M $900M $1700.0M
2026-03-19 07:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Feb $1987M $1500.0M


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade 1987.00 1892.00 USD Million Jan 2026
Capital Flows -2016.23 -3216.29 USD Million Sep 2025
Current Account -1581.00 -2774.00 USD Million Sep 2025
Current Account to GDP 1.20 -0.60 percent of GDP Dec 2025
Exports 7057.00 7448.00 USD Million Jan 2026
External Debt 316935.00 307238.00 USD Million Sep 2025
Imports 5070.00 5556.00 USD Million Jan 2026
Terms of Trade 140.70 138.00 points Dec 2025


Argentina Balance of Trade
Argentina has recorded a trade surplus of 15,99 billion in 2019 . Main exports are: cereals, fats and oils, beef and related products and dairy products (36 percent of total exports);Oilseeds and oleaginous fruits; straw and fodder, and meat and edible offal (12 percent); motor vehicles and parts (10 percent) and crude oil and fuels (5 percent). Main imports are: intermediate goods (35 percent of total imports), parts and accessories for capital goods (21 percent), capital goods (17 percent), consumer goods (13 percent), fuels and lubricants (9 percent) and motor vehicles (5 percent). Main trading partners are: Brazil (16 percent of total exports and 21 percent of imports), European Union (14 percent of exports and 14 percent of imports) China (11 percent of exports and 19 percent of imports) and United States, Mexico and Canada (8 percent of exports and 16 percent of imports). Others include: Chile, Italy and Spain.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
1987.00 1892.00 2654.00 -1833.00 1957 - 2026 USD Million Monthly

News Stream
Argentina Trade Surplus Sharply Expands in January
Argentina’s trade surplus rose to USD 1,987 million in January 2026, up from USD 162 million a year earlier. Imports fell 11.9% year-on-year to USD 5,070 million, driven by a 12.1% decrease in quantities and a 0.2% rise in prices. Meanwhile, exports rose 19.3% to USD 7,057 million, led by an 18.5% increase in quantities and a 0.7% rise in prices. For the year-to-date through January 2026, the trade surplus stood at USD 1,987 million, up from USD 162 million in the same period of 2025.
2026-02-19
Argentina Trade Surplus Expands in December
Argentina’s trade surplus rose to USD 1,892 million in December 2025, up from USD 1,682 million a year earlier. Imports rose 3.5% year-on-year to USD 5,556 million, driven by a 3.0% increase in quantities and a 0.4% rise in prices. Meanwhile, exports rose 5.7% to USD 7,448 million, led by a 6.2% increase in quantities despite a 0.5% decline in prices. For the year-to-date through December 2025, the trade surplus stood at USD 11,286 million, down from USD 18,928 million in the same period of 2024.
2026-01-20
Argentina Trade Surplus Widens in November
Argentina’s trade surplus widened to $2.50 billion in November 2025 from $1.28 billion a year earlier. Exports surged 24.1% year-on-year to $8.10 billion, driven by an 87.1% jump in shipments of primary products, a 52.8% rise in fuels and energy exports, and a 14.5% increase in industrial manufactured goods. In contrast, exports of agricultural manufactured goods edged down 0.4%. Imports rose 6.6% to $5.60 billion, led by a sharp 68.1% increase in passenger car purchases and a 23.6% rise in consumer goods. Imports of capital goods advanced 13.1%, while those of fuels and lubricants increased 12.9%. Meanwhile, imports of capital goods parts and accessories fell 13.4%, and intermediate goods declined 4.1%.
2025-12-18