News of export

With Milei in Rome, YPF signs LNG export deal with Italy’s ENI

06-06-2025 22:05 Agreement signed in Rome while Milei visits Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on first leg of his 10-day foreign tour.

NEW MEASURES

Argentina eliminates export duties for thousands of manufactured goods

30-04-2025 21:34 President Javier Milei's government eliminates export duties for thousands of industrial products; Economy Minister Luis Caputo says tax levy was "affecting competitiveness" in announcement hailing the move.

AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK

Argentina allows live cattle exports as Milei scraps 1973 policy

26-02-2025 22:54 President Javier Milei Milei issues executive order striking down a policy dating to 1973 that prohibits Argentina from shipping its cows to abattoirs overseas.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Argentina slashes export taxes to rescue drought-hit farmers

23-01-2025 23:25 Argentina slashes taxes on major crops, assisting farmers wrestling with a drought and low global prices.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Government temporarily reduces export duties in boost for farmers

23-01-2025 23:19 Economy Minister Luis Caputo confirms that Argentina will temporarily lower export duties.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Argentina seeks its first wheat shipments to China in decades

30-11-2024 09:14 Argentina wheat traders are seeking to close their first significant sales to China since the 1990s, according to the head of the country’s top crop-exporting group.

ENERGY & GAS

YPF to merge LNG project with rival’s joint venture

25-11-2024 12:54 State-run energy company YPF SA will join a venture being developed by rival shale driller Pan American Energy and liquefied natural gas shipper Golar LNG.

ENERGY & GAS

Vista reaps more from crude sales as Argentina frees oil markets

12-07-2024 16:11 Shale driller Vista Energy charged export prices for more than 40% of crude that it sold to domestic refiners in the second quarter.

Bloomberg

Sergio Massa threatens to cut fuel exports amid shortage

30-10-2023 08:21 “If the fuel supply is not resolved by midnight on Tuesday, companies will not be able to send out export ships starting on Wednesday,” Massa tells reporters in Tucumán Province.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

World's largest crop trading houses tell Argentina to loosen its grip on soy

27-09-2023 12:43 Officials from three of the world's largest crop trading houses have urged Argentina to loosen government restrictions and export taxes on soy production.

PROTECTIVE MEASURES

Government walks back beef export ban, eyes price accord

16-08-2023 12:12 After the country’s customs office announced a 15-day beef ban, Agriculture Secretary Juan José Bahillo denies introduction of measure.

Lithium sector

Argentina’s growing lithium industry hits export records

17-06-2023 13:50 Argentina's lithium industry hit a record high with exports rising to US$60 million in May, up 17% from the same month a year ago.

ELECTIONS 2023

Argentina’s political hegemony crumbles in the face of primaries

17-06-2023 06:04 In a nation accustomed to charismatic leaders that create vertical organisations, the fragmentation of the political field is creating a whole lot of stress and volatility. And savagery has taken over.

by Agustino Fontevecchia