Argentina

Argentina Imports 2023

Complete list of Argentina's 174 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.

$73.13B
Total imports (2023)
#47
Global import rank
174
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked

Argentina imported $73.13 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #47 largest importer. Goods came from 174 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 75.4% of total import value. The leading import was other than seed, whether or not broken, valued at $5.44 billion 7.4% of total imports.

The two tables below list every source country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.

All import sources

174 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.

#Source2023 import value% of total
1Brazil$16.81B22.98%
2China$14.33B19.60%
3USA$9.21B12.59%
4Paraguay$4.29B5.87%
5Germany$2.83B3.87%
6Thailand$1.79B2.44%
7Italy$1.61B2.21%
8Mexico$1.55B2.12%
9Viet Nam$1.39B1.91%
10India$1.33B1.82%
11Spain$1.26B1.72%
12Japan$1.18B1.62%
13France$1.11B1.52%
14Bolivia (Plurinational State of)$997.08M1.36%
15Chile$844.46M1.15%
16Netherlands$842.33M1.15%
17Rep. of Korea$668.35M0.91%
18Switzerland$646.01M0.88%
19United Kingdom$587.52M0.80%
20Uruguay$576.79M0.79%
21Morocco$458.32M0.63%
22Other Asia, nes$437.00M0.60%
23Ireland$409.23M0.56%
24Belgium$387.01M0.53%
25Colombia$381.25M0.52%
26Canada$360.18M0.49%
27Australia$346.87M0.47%
28Sweden$332.79M0.46%
29Indonesia$325.37M0.44%
30Malaysia$290.87M0.40%
31Hungary$284.35M0.39%
32Türkiye$280.33M0.38%
33Saudi Arabia$278.98M0.38%
34Egypt$272.66M0.37%
35Poland$271.25M0.37%
36Ecuador$270.88M0.37%
37Austria$268.20M0.37%
38United Arab Emirates$259.50M0.35%
39Peru$226.18M0.31%
40Denmark$216.64M0.30%
41Czechia$199.84M0.27%
42Israel$194.82M0.27%
43Qatar$185.83M0.25%
44Singapore$172.15M0.24%
45Finland$158.28M0.22%
46South Africa$150.47M0.21%
47Russian Federation$139.82M0.19%
48Trinidad and Tobago$126.83M0.17%
49Philippines$120.77M0.17%
50Greece$120.38M0.16%
51Romania$113.92M0.16%
52Portugal$108.03M0.15%
53Algeria$106.95M0.15%
54Nigeria$97.33M0.13%
55China, Hong Kong SAR$91.77M0.13%
56Slovakia$84.88M0.12%
57Lithuania$82.71M0.11%
58Pakistan$73.01M0.10%
59Norway$55.18M0.08%
60Malta$44.53M0.06%
61Equatorial Guinea$39.44M0.05%
62Tunisia$32.33M0.04%
63Bahrain$31.58M0.04%
64Serbia$29.52M0.04%
65Turkmenistan$27.97M0.04%
66Kazakhstan$27.80M0.04%
67Bangladesh$27.00M0.04%
68Cambodia$26.67M0.04%
69Slovenia$25.11M0.03%
70New Zealand$22.06M0.03%
71Bulgaria$18.28M0.02%
72Costa Rica$17.95M0.02%
73Oman$15.99M0.02%
74Luxembourg$14.12M0.02%
75Kuwait$12.77M0.02%
76Lao People's Dem. Rep.$12.69M0.02%
77Sri Lanka$12.65M0.02%
78Ukraine$9.39M0.01%
79Myanmar$9.29M0.01%
80Croatia$7.43M0.01%
81Estonia$6.90M0.01%
82Guatemala$6.74M0.01%
83Dominican Rep.$5.79M0.01%
84El Salvador$4.39M0.01%
85Cuba$4.29M0.01%
86Latvia$3.65M0.00%
87Armenia$3.35M0.00%
88Bosnia Herzegovina$2.38M0.00%
89Jordan$2.38M0.00%
90Georgia$2.31M0.00%
91Madagascar$2.22M0.00%
92Honduras$2.14M0.00%
93Iceland$1.78M0.00%
94Côte d'Ivoire$1.60M0.00%
95North Macedonia$1.25M0.00%
96Panama$1.19M0.00%
97Venezuela$1.15M0.00%
98Somalia$812,2470.00%
99Ghana$763,3700.00%
100Nicaragua$719,0550.00%
101Grenada$716,5790.00%
102China, Macao SAR$667,8670.00%
103Iran$663,1750.00%
104Kenya$629,6890.00%
105Belarus$590,7310.00%
106Gabon$584,2330.00%
107Rep. of Moldova$568,1140.00%
108Albania$536,9890.00%
109Mauritius$534,7290.00%
110Cyprus$499,0530.00%
111Haiti$373,0720.00%
112Sudan$360,2790.00%
113Zimbabwe$315,7710.00%
114Brunei Darussalam$310,8260.00%
115Mozambique$290,1230.00%
116Uzbekistan$270,3460.00%
117Malawi$242,6610.00%
118Niger$242,5960.00%
119San Marino$219,5600.00%
120Lebanon$190,7920.00%
121Andorra$189,7880.00%
122Afghanistan$173,0050.00%
123Barbados$151,0130.00%
124Iraq$147,0640.00%
125Benin$127,4640.00%
126United Rep. of Tanzania$116,4580.00%
127Ethiopia$106,1350.00%
128Cameroon$89,5110.00%
129Seychelles$77,8370.00%
130Guyana$75,4100.00%
131Bahamas$69,2120.00%
132Papua New Guinea$47,4130.00%
133Zambia$43,7730.00%
134Namibia$42,8140.00%
135Eswatini$37,2850.00%
136Nepal$31,1440.00%
137Rwanda$28,8010.00%
138Sao Tome and Principe$25,3150.00%
139Comoros$20,3020.00%
140Sierra Leone$12,4350.00%
141Burkina Faso$11,6830.00%
142Senegal$11,6770.00%
143Uganda$10,0890.00%
144Kyrgyzstan$8,0510.00%
145Gambia$7,6590.00%
146Mali$7,2500.00%
147Jamaica$7,1960.00%
148Belize$5,3700.00%
149Saint Kitts and Nevis$5,2820.00%
150Maldives$4,9310.00%
151Montenegro$4,6890.00%
152Dominica$3,7960.00%
153Fiji$3,3540.00%
154Guinea$3,1790.00%
155Dem. Rep. of the Congo$2,1220.00%
156Saint Lucia$2,0720.00%
157Nauru$1,8600.00%
158Bhutan$1,3610.00%
159Mongolia$1,2820.00%
160Saint Maarten$1,2460.00%
161Syria$1,0190.00%
162Pitcairn$9760.00%
163Suriname$8960.00%
164Angola$7950.00%
165Cabo Verde$4680.00%
166Liberia$4510.00%
167Chad$4100.00%
168Aruba$4040.00%
169Congo$2700.00%
170Botswana$2310.00%
171Gibraltar$2190.00%
172Yemen$1800.00%
173Tonga$310.00%
174Azerbaijan$300.00%

Top import products (HS6)

100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.

#HS6ProductValue% of total
1120190Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken$5.44B7.44%
2271000Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude: preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals: these being the basic constituents of the preparations: waste oils$3.66B5.00%
3271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas$1.68B2.29%
4851770Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts$1.49B2.04%
5271600Electrical energy$1.00B1.37%
6870840Vehicle parts: gear boxes and parts thereof$928.10M1.27%
7870829Vehicles: parts and accessories, of bodies, other than safety seat belts$909.37M1.24%
8300490Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale$869.19M1.19%
9300215Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale$788.34M1.08%
10870323Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc$788.21M1.08%
11840820Engines: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87$773.83M1.06%
12851762Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus$757.93M1.04%
13271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas$688.15M0.94%
14870322Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc$650.55M0.89%
15870899Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708$630.00M0.86%
16293139Organo-inorganic compounds: other organo-phosphorus derivatives, n.e.c. in heading no. 2931$510.56M0.70%
17847130Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display$477.49M0.65%
18293134Organo-inorganic compounds: organo-phosphorus derivatives, sodium-3-(hydroxysilyl)propyl methylphosphonate$477.48M0.65%
19310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)$448.28M0.61%
20260112Iron ores and concentrates: agglomerated (excluding roasted iron pyrites)$440.70M0.60%
21852990Reception and transmission apparatus: for use with the apparatus of heading no. 8525 to 8528, excluding aerials and aerial reflectors$439.38M0.60%
22840999Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition)$432.36M0.59%
23870850Vehicle parts: drive-axles with differential, whether or not provided with other transmission components, and non-driving axles: parts thereof$425.84M0.58%
24380893Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators: other than containing goods of Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles$369.14M0.50%
25310210Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution$330.75M0.45%
26848180Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves$325.13M0.44%
27854430Insulated electric conductors: ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships$310.82M0.42%
28870830Vehicle parts: brakes, servo-brakes and parts thereof$305.99M0.42%
29840734Engines: reciprocating piston engines, of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1000cc$285.10M0.39%
30281820Aluminium oxide: other than artificial corundum$280.03M0.38%
31903289Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus: automatic, other than hydraulic or pneumatic$265.03M0.36%
32842139Machinery: for filtering or purifying gases, other than intake air filters for internal combustion engines$258.79M0.35%
33730511Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines (not seamless), longitudinally submerged arc welded, having circular cross-sections, external diameter exceeds 406.4mm$258.61M0.35%
34871120Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, reciprocating internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars$257.53M0.35%
35300220Vaccines: for human medicine$256.25M0.35%
36392690Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39$250.18M0.34%
37382499Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824$249.98M0.34%
38293339Heterocyclic compounds: containing an unfused pyridine ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in the structure, n.e.c. in 2933.3$247.76M0.34%
39851220Lighting or visual signalling equipment: electrical, of a kind used on motor vehicles (excluding articles of heading no. 8539)$243.87M0.33%
40850300Electric motors and generators: parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502$241.56M0.33%
41870120Tractors: road, for semi-trailers$239.98M0.33%
42853710Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases: for electric control or the distribution of electricity, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517), for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts$239.64M0.33%
43870431Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1$239.52M0.33%
44390690Acrylic polymers: (other than polymethyl methacrylate), in primary forms$235.36M0.32%
45850440Electrical static converters$233.67M0.32%
46640411Sports footwear: tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and the like, with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials$232.35M0.32%
47847150Units of automatic data processing machines: processing units other than those of item no. 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units$229.75M0.31%
48080390Fruit, edible: bananas, other than plantains, fresh or dried$225.15M0.31%
49721049Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically)$224.43M0.31%
50401110Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars)$221.24M0.30%
51842199Machinery: parts for filtering or purifying liquids or gases$211.71M0.29%
52841480Pumps and compressors: for air, vacuum or gas, n.e.c. in heading no. 8414$210.96M0.29%
53841430Compressors: of a kind used in refrigerating equipment$208.84M0.29%
54300439Medicaments: containing hormones (but not insulin), adrenal cortex hormones or antibiotics, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale$206.82M0.28%
55870880Vehicle parts: suspension systems and parts thereof (including shock-absorbers)$205.94M0.28%
56940190Seat: parts$205.50M0.28%
57870894Vehicle parts: steering wheels, steering columns and steering boxes: parts thereof$205.11M0.28%
58292429Cyclic amides (including cyclic carbamates) and their derivatives: other than the derivatives and salts of ureines, 2-acetamidobenzoic acid (N-acetylanthancillic acid),ethinamate S, and alachlor (ISO) and their derivatives and salts$203.80M0.28%
59870870Vehicle parts: road wheels and parts and accessories thereof$203.35M0.28%
60841590Air conditioning machines: with motor driven fan and elements for temperature control, parts thereof$202.62M0.28%
61847989Machines and mechanical appliances: having individual functions, n.e.c. or included in this chapter$201.54M0.28%
62270112Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated$197.55M0.27%
63847990Machines and mechanical appliances: parts, of those having individual functions$197.27M0.27%
64841990Machinery, plant and laboratory equipment: parts of equipment for treating materials by a process involving a change of temperature$196.10M0.27%
65390110Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94$194.78M0.27%
66847330Machinery: parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) of the machines of heading no. 8471$189.29M0.26%
67720851Iron or non-alloy steel: (not in coils), flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10mm$188.05M0.26%
68850231Electric generating sets: wind-powered, (excluding those with spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines)$186.60M0.26%
69870340Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power$182.96M0.25%
70401120Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries$178.79M0.24%
71851712Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks$178.71M0.24%
72854140Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED)$176.46M0.24%
73640299Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics$174.82M0.24%
74310530Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)$172.40M0.24%
75470329Wood pulp: chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, (other than dissolving grades), semi-bleached or bleached, of non-coniferous wood$171.00M0.23%
76293499Nucleic acids and their salts, other heterocyclic compounds, n.e.c. in heading number 2934$170.44M0.23%
77740819Copper: wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension is 6mm or less$161.76M0.22%
78230400Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil$161.58M0.22%
79843390Harvesting machinery: parts, including parts of threshing machinery, straw or fodder balers and grass or hay mowers$160.24M0.22%
80901890Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018$159.14M0.22%
81841199Turbines: parts of gas turbines (excluding turbo-jets and turbo-propellers)$156.33M0.21%
82720712Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel: containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (other than square) cross-section$154.73M0.21%
83870321Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc$152.30M0.21%
84283620Carbonates: disodium carbonate$152.14M0.21%
85390140Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94$150.23M0.21%
86870422Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1$149.86M0.20%
87732690Iron or steel: articles n.e.c. in heading 7326$148.23M0.20%
88310559Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: containing the two fertilizing elements nitrogen and phosphorus, other than nitrates and phosphates$147.18M0.20%
89870421Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1$146.55M0.20%
90852580Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders$145.62M0.20%
91382200Reagents: diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing and prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading no. 3002 or 3006: certified reference material$144.59M0.20%
92870790Vehicles: bodies (including cabs) for the motor vehicles of heading no. 8701, 8702, 8704 or 8705$143.86M0.20%
93760612Aluminium: plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square)$140.91M0.19%
94853650Electrical apparatus: switches n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts$139.08M0.19%
95401699Rubber: vulcanised (other than hard rubber), articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4016, of non-cellular rubber$137.18M0.19%
96293090Organo-sulphur compounds: n.e.c. in heading no. 2930$136.15M0.19%
97481029Paper and paperboard: coated with kaolin or other inorganic substances only, having more than 10% of mechanically processed fibres, (excluding light-weight paper), for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, in rolls or sheets$135.50M0.19%
98390120Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more$135.29M0.18%
99850760Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square)$134.67M0.18%
100842951Front-end shovel loaders$134.35M0.18%