Argentina’s trade surplus widened to $2.98 billion in September 2026, up $2.04 billion from the same month of 2025. Exports totaled $10.04 billion, increasing 23.5% year-on-year. All categories recorded higher export values than in September 2025, led by fuels and energy, which surged 89.1%. Manufactured industrial goods rose 17.5%, manufactured agricultural goods increased 16.8%, and primary products grew 9.2%. Imports totaled $7.06 billion, down 1.8%. The economic-use category with the largest percentage increase was parts and accessories for capital goods, which rose 11.9%. Passenger vehicle imports increased 3.5%, while capital goods declined 10.4% and consumer goods fell 2.5%. source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC)

Argentina recorded a trade surplus of 2976 USD Million in September of 2026. Balance of Trade in Argentina averaged 304.50 USD Million from 1957 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 3450.00 USD Million in May of 2026 and a record low of -1819.00 USD Million in June of 2023. This page provides the latest reported value for - Argentina Balance of Trade - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Argentina Balance of Trade - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2026.

Argentina recorded a trade surplus of 2976 USD Million in September of 2026. Balance of Trade in Argentina is expected to be 2800.00 USD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Argentina Balance of Trade is projected to trend around 2900.00 USD Million in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-09-18 07:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Aug $2187M $2115M $2055M $2090.0M
2026-10-19 07:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Sep $2976M $2159M $ 2500M
2026-11-19 07:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Oct $2976M $2820.0M


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade 2976.00 2159.00 USD Million Sep 2026
Capital Flows 2577.65 -2335.21 USD Million Jun 2026
Current Account 2213.98 -2411.09 USD Million Jun 2026
Current Account to GDP 1.20 -0.60 percent of GDP Dec 2025
Exports 10036.00 8866.00 USD Million Sep 2026
External Debt 327855.33 323131.43 USD Million Jun 2026
Imports 7060.00 6707.00 USD Million Sep 2026
Terms of Trade 143.90 144.10 points Sep 2026


Argentina Balance of Trade
Argentina has recorded a trade surplus of 15,99 billion in 2019 . Main exports are: cereals, fats and oils, beef and related products and dairy products (36 percent of total exports);Oilseeds and oleaginous fruits; straw and fodder, and meat and edible offal (12 percent); motor vehicles and parts (10 percent) and crude oil and fuels (5 percent). Main imports are: intermediate goods (35 percent of total imports), parts and accessories for capital goods (21 percent), capital goods (17 percent), consumer goods (13 percent), fuels and lubricants (9 percent) and motor vehicles (5 percent). Main trading partners are: Brazil (16 percent of total exports and 21 percent of imports), European Union (14 percent of exports and 14 percent of imports) China (11 percent of exports and 19 percent of imports) and United States, Mexico and Canada (8 percent of exports and 16 percent of imports). Others include: Chile, Italy and Spain.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
2976.00 2159.00 3450.00 -1819.00 1957 - 2026 USD Million Monthly

News Stream
Argentina Trade Surplus Widens in September
Argentina’s trade surplus widened to $2.98 billion in September 2026, up $2.04 billion from the same month of 2025. Exports totaled $10.04 billion, increasing 23.5% year-on-year. All categories recorded higher export values than in September 2025, led by fuels and energy, which surged 89.1%. Manufactured industrial goods rose 17.5%, manufactured agricultural goods increased 16.8%, and primary products grew 9.2%. Imports totaled $7.06 billion, down 1.8%. The economic-use category with the largest percentage increase was parts and accessories for capital goods, which rose 11.9%. Passenger vehicle imports increased 3.5%, while capital goods declined 10.4% and consumer goods fell 2.5%.
2026-10-19
Argentina Trade Surplus Widens in August
Argentina’s trade surplus widened to $2.19 billion in August 2026, up $746 million from the same month of 2025. Exports totaled $8.88 billion, increasing 12.4% year over year. All categories recorded higher export values than in August 2025, except primary products, which declined 14.2%. Energy and fuel exports grew 41.2%, manufactured industrial goods increased 18%, and manufactured agricultural goods rose 16.7%. Imports totaled $6.70 billion, up 3.6% year over year. The economic-use category with the largest percentage increase was fuels and lubricants, which rose 68.5%. Intermediate goods increased 13.4%, while capital goods imports rose 3.1% and consumer goods purchases declined 5.1%.
2026-09-18
Argentina Trade Surplus Jumps in July
Argentina’s trade surplus widened to $2.11 billion in July 2026, up $1.21 billion from the same month of 2025. Exports totaled $8.85 billion, increasing 14.1% year-over-year, led by a 97.8% surge in energy and fuel exports, driven by higher shipments of crude oil, fuels, lubricants and other fuels. Manufactured industrial goods exports rose 11.2%, mainly due to higher exports of motor vehicles and transport equipment, while manufactured agricultural goods increased 4.9%, supported by higher meat exports. Imports totaled $6.74 billion, down 1.7% year-over-year. Intermediate goods posted the largest decline, falling 14.9%, while capital goods imports decreased 7.7% and consumer goods fell 7.3%. Imports of fuels and lubricants also declined 7.3%.
2026-08-20