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The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Ministry of Economy of the Nation reports that during the first four-month period of the Interim Trade Agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (i.e., from May 1 to August 31), agro-industrial exports to the European Union showed a 21% improvement in the total exported value (USD 1,922 million), compared to the average for the same period over the last 3 years.
It is noteworthy that when exclusively analyzing the case of those products benefiting from tariff reductions obtained from the entry into force of the aforementioned agreement, the increase in sales is 44%, representing an additional USD 372 million compared to the average of the last 3 years.
According to data processed by the Undersecretariat of Agri-Food Markets and International Insertion based on INDEC statistics, the exported value to the European Union during this first four-month period of the agreement's entry into force registered an increase compared to the average of the last 3 years (for the same four-month period) in the fishing (+93%), bovine (+50%) and citrus (+59%) complexes. Other complexes, although with less weight in the export balance, that show significant increases are: tobacco (+105%), beekeeping (+87%), ovine (+154%), animal feed (+75%) and food ingredients (+116%). In all cases, exports above the maximums of the last 3 years for the same period were observed.
It should be noted that the European Union was the second destination, behind China, for agro-industrial exports during 2025, contributing more than USD 6 billion to the trade balance. In turn, the EU has been the main destination for exports of soybean, fishing, peanut, citrus, food ingredients, legumes, tobacco, rice, ovine, equine, among others, complexes during the last 3 years; and the second most important destination for chains such as bovine, sunflower and beekeeping.
