With this fall, lRegional exports reached US$7,425 million exported in the period May 2023 – April 2024having imported US$961 million, which results in a trade surplus of US$6,464 million.
Fruit complex (stone)
During the period from May 2023 to April 2024, the stone fruit complex, which includes peaches, plums, cherries and others, recorded strong growth in its exports. In terms of value, exports reached a total of US$25.5 million, representing an increase of 104.7% compared to the same period of the previous year.
Olive complex
Secondly, the olive complex stands out, which includes table and oil olives, olive oil and other olive derivatives. During the last twelve months, this complex registered exports for a total of US$341 million, which represents a growth of 81.5%.
Analysis by complex in tons
Fruit complex (stone)
As in the analysis by exported amounts, the complex that includes peaches, plums, cherries and other stone fruits, registered a notable increase in the exported volume, reaching 13,647 tons during the period May 2023 to April 2024, which represents a growth of 124% compared to the previous period. The complex had exponential growth in the last 12 months, marking increases above 100% in both tons and USD exported.
Forest-industrial complex
The second complex with the greatest growth in volume corresponds to the forest-industrial complex, where we include raw wood to pulp and paper pulp, which exported a total of 1,055,387 tons during the period May 2023 to April 2024, which represents an increase of 94.9% compared to the same period of the previous year (2022-2023).
On the other hand, the total value of exports reached US$380.1 million, reflecting a slight increase of 5.1% in relation to the previous period; but export prices experienced a 46% decrease in their value per ton (larger drop in this regard), establishing an average value of US$360.
Regional analysis
In this section, a regionalized study of the data obtained is carried out. It should be noted that for this purpose the tax domicile was taken as a parameter to determine the location of the producer/company/industry that carried out the export.
Buenos Aires and CABA
It is the main exporting region of the country, representing 50.9% of the total exported in dollars by the regional economies. In the period analyzed, Buenos Aires and CABA had export revenues of USD 3,782.8 million, which represents a year-on-year decrease of 0.3% in exported dollars.
The most representative complex in its exports was pork and goats, having sold USD 431.8 million, that is, 11.4% of the total exported by the region.
Patagonia
Considered as the region composed of the provinces of Chubut, La Pampa, Neuquén, Río Negro, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego and South Atlantic Islands, Patagonia exported a total of US$569.6 million, highlighting the province of Black river, with a total exported of US$333.4 million. A growth of 15% is observed compared to the previous period and, in addition, it continues to be the region with the greatest growth in this aspect.
Regarding the most representative productive complex in the region, with US$301 million exported, the fruit complex (apples, pears and quinces) explains 52.8% of the dollars obtained from Patagonian sales abroad.
Analysis by export destination
Below are analyzed the export destinations of regional economies. It is important to clarify that in the data analyzed, only the ports of destination appear, and for logistical reasons, an export is made to a certain port but it is not necessarily the country where the product will be sold or consumed.
This happens for various reasons (size of the port, draft, weight of the merchandise, logistics capacity, etc.). As an example, it can be seen that in Europe the Netherlands is the main destination on the European continent. This does not mean that this destination has more importers than the rest, but that it is where, logistically, it is convenient to send the merchandise, since the port Rotterdam is the largest in the EU.
Europe
In first place, having been the destination of 32.9% of regional sales abroad, is the European continent, to which a total of US$2,448.9 million was exported. Compared to the previous period, this number represents an increase of 0.7% in exported dollars.
The main trading partner on this continent was Netherlands, with a total exported of US$445.9 million. In regional exports to Europe, sales of the peanut complex predominated, which, having sold for US$711.2 million, represented 29% of sales to the continent.
Source: Ambito
