Industry

The continued liberalisation of the Argentine economy has been a boon for local industry. Pro-business reforms implemented by the administration of President Mauricio Macri, as well as the recovery of the Brazilian economy, have helped manufacturing begin to rebound from a period of stagnation that began in 2015 with the onslaught of the wider...

Being a sizeable producer of agricultural goods, Argentina is in a favourable position to reap the benefits of rising global demand for food products. According to figures provided by the Ministry of Agro-industry (MoA), in 2017 food exports amounted to $25bn and accounted for 43% of total Argentine exports. That same year, the food and...

The global economy is entering the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), or Industry 4.0, based on the application of new digital and automated technologies in production processes and service delivery. These changes are presenting emerging markets with opportunities such as improved productivity, as well as risks, namely reshoring and the displacement of human labour by...

After the manufacturing industry, the wholesale, retail and repairs sector is the second-largest component of Argentine GDP, contributing 13% in 2017, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, INDEC). As with other sectors, the effects of the economic recession that began in 2015 are still being felt. Rising...