News of export

Currency arbitrage costs Milei US$2 billion a month in Argentina

01-10-2025 12:59 A temporary surge in farm-export dollars has prompted Argentines to purchase cheap greenbacks.

Argentina re-establishes grain export duties as farmers cry foul

26-09-2025 08:59 Government ends suspension of export duties after US$7-billion target is met; Meat and poultry to remain exempt; Reports say just 12 producers, mostly large agro-exporting, benefitted.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

China buys more Argentine soybeans as tax relief spurs trade

24-09-2025 09:48 China books at least 10 more cargoes of Argentine soybeans, taking advantage of a temporary break in export duties for local producers.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Milei dangles big tax break for exporters in stealth devaluation

22-09-2025 14:07 Export tariffs temporarily scrapped on all of crop cargoes in a bid to bring dollars into the country.

ECONOMIC POLICY

Lower export duties: Government seeks farm dollars to tame rising greenback

30-07-2025 11:37 The export duties are being applied tensions pushing up the exchange rate in recent weeks. The hard currency which the farm export could provide.

by Martín Fernández Nadale

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Crop traders rush to secure Argentine cargoes as Milei perk ends

27-06-2025 14:03 Agriculture traders rush to get crop shipments on the books before government's tariff relief expires next week.

ECONOMY & FOREIGN POLICY

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.