Argentina's agro-industrial exports to EU rise 21% in first four months under Mercosur deal
Argentina's agro-industrial exports to the European Union increased 21% in value during the first four months the Mercosur-EU trade agreement was in provisional force, with tariff-reduced products posting an even steeper 44% gain, according to Argentina's Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.
Argentina's agro-industrial exports to the European Union totalled $1.92 billion in the May–August 2026 period, a 21% increase compared with the average for the same four-month window over the preceding three years, according to data from Argentina's Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries cited by Reuters on 2 October 2026.
The gain was even more pronounced for goods that attracted direct tariff relief under the Mercosur-EU agreement. Exports of those products rose 44% against the three-year average, the secretariat said, as reported by The Poultry Site.
The Mercosur bloc — comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay — signed the trade agreement with the EU in January 2026 after 25 years of negotiations. The deal entered into provisional force four months later, meaning the May–August data covers the entire period of its initial operation.
The figures underscore the early trade impact of the agreement on South American agricultural and agro-industrial sectors, including commodities relevant to animal feed and food supply chains.
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