The SME companies They exported in 2024 for US $ 10,032 million, which represented an increase of 17.3% year -on -year and 12.5% of the total exported at the national level.
In volume, The value amounted to 8.5 million tons25.1% more than in 2023. However, although the totals exported both in dollars and volume marked growth, The average price per ton had an interannual decrease of 6.3%, establishing at US $ 1,186, according to Came.
Of the 9,269 companies that exported in the period, 6,428 were small and medium, this means that, in 2024, 69.3% of the operators were SMEs.
SME Exports: Item Analysis
During the past year, Four of the 16 analyzed items closed with interannual falls in its exports in dollars. Tobacco and derivatives It marked the largest decrease of the year, with a decrease of 37.5% compared to 2023. in counterpart, with a marked growth of 1,206.5% compared to the previous period, the item of Diverse manufactures registered the greatest rise of the year.
As for the volume exported by SMEs, the item with the greatest increase was Oil and fuels with an 84%rise, while the greatest fall was also observed in the field of Tobacco and its derivatives, with a decrease of 36.3%.
In 2024, the item Without processing It represented 49.9% of the total exported by Argentine SMEs, reaching a total export value of US $ 5,004 million and 4.3 million tons.
This reflects that approximately Half of SMEs’s dollars exports corresponded to products without added value. As Came said, “This situation raises a challenge, since the industrialization of products at the local level could not only generate greater income, but also to promote job creation. “
“Therefore, lA generation of added value in many of the exported products could be a key starting point for 2025, Since he would allow Argentine SMEs to diversify their offer, increase their competitiveness in international markets and reduce their dependence on fluctuations in raw material prices. This approach would not only strengthen the local economy, but would also contribute to the development of a more sustainable and robust industry, “they added.
SME exports: export destinations
South America closed the year as the main destination of SMEs exports, Representing 33.1% (US $ 319.8 million) of the total exported by small and medium enterprises. The main destination within the American continent was Brazil, with a final 14.1% participation on the total and an year -on -year growth of 20.2% in dollars exported.
In Second continent in relevance for small and medium enterprises was Europebeing a destination of U $ 2,415.5 million in 2024, which represented 24.1% of the total exported by the SME universe and marking an interannual growth of 16.4% in dollars.
Finally, it is important to clarify that 86.9% (US $ 8,720 million) of the total exported in 2024 went to 30 countries, over a total of more than 198 possible destinations.
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