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Argentina

EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness

EU Compliance

lower score = lower risk

5.1

Geopolitical Risk

lower score = lower risk

4.6

Sourcing Attractiveness

higher score = more attractive

4.8

Why these scores

EU Compliance, by dimension

Forced & child labour5
Worker rights & FOA5
OHS & audit transparency4
Food & product safety4
Environmental & regulatory7
Governance & anti-corruption6
Tariff & preferential access5
Non-tariff barriers5
Supply chain traceability5

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Geopolitical Risk, by dimension

Geopolitical conflict2
Supplier concentration6
Climate & physical risk6
Sanctions exposure2
Policy continuity & property rights7

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Attractiveness, by dimension

Labour cost competitiveness6
Supply base depth5
Logistics & infrastructure4
Workforce skills6
Scalability4
Ease of doing business3
Trade access & tariffs5
Sustainability baseline5
Innovation & IP5
Quality standards5

9 = most attractive · methodology & sources

Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.

Data layers

The EU is Argentina's #3 import source (world lens). Argentina is the EU's #67 goods supplier.

Argentina on the world stage

Argentina$60.8bn total importsBrazil23.6% · $14.3bnChina19.2% · $11.7bnEU-2714.8% · $9.0bnUSA10.2% · $6.2bnUS10.2% · $6.2bnParaguay5.5% · $3.3bnASEAN-65.4% · $3.3bnGermany4.4% · $2.7bnJapan2.1% · $1.2bn

Total imports

$60.8bn

2024 annual

Total exports

$79.7bn

179 partners

#1 import source

Brazil

23.6%

#1 export dest.

Brazil

17.1%

2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).

Argentina and the EU

EU imports from

€8.0bn

0.3% of extra-EU

EU exports to

€9.4bn

0.4% of extra-EU

EU supplier rank

EU's #67 supplier

EU trade balance

balanced or surplus

coverage 1.17

2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →

Electricity & grid

National sources · carbon from Ember

Electricity costs →

Industrial

148

EUR/MWh

Consumer

98

EUR/MWh, all-in

Grid carbon

359

gCO₂e/kWh

Renewables

38%

of generation

Wholesale 45 EUR/MWh · regulated market

Power market

High-tariff liberalised market

Market model

Wholesale market (deregulating)

Direct PPA

Allowed

grid access: open

Reserve margin

Regulator

Independent

Ente Nacional Regulador de la Electricidad (ENRE)

A gas-heavy system where the wholesale market (MEM) was centrally administered by CAMMESA with suppressed prices and massive subsidies for two decades, now under Milei-era deregulation (Resolution 400/2025, free…

Power markets: full layer →

Tracked infrastructure

97 gas plants

22.0 GW · 9 building

1 coal plants

375 MW · 1 building

61 wind farms

3.7 GW · 4 building

28 solar farms

1.7 GW · 4 building

17 hydro plants

11.7 GW · 3 building

1 steel plants

3,500 ktpa

1 coal mines

capacity n/a

Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →

Metal mining

Tagged mines

27

13 production-backed

Acid-drainage prone

5

high water-risk ore class

Main commodities

Gold, Other mine, Copper

Mine-water verifiability

Partial

SInIA water-quality viewer + some open datasets

Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →

Monitored ports (9)

Buenos AiresLa PlataBahia BlancaQuequenMar del PlataSan LorenzoRosarioSanta FeUshuaia

Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.

Demographics

UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant

ASEAN demographics →

Median age

32.5

→ 41.9 by 2050

Fertility

1.5

below replacement

Working-age

66%

aged 15–64

Old-age dep.

18.8

→ 30.9 by 2050

Median age 1990–2050

Population 45.7M · peaks 2050

By 2050: +6% (48.3M)