Argentina - Food exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Argentina was 64.89 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 81.64 in 1965 and a minimum value of 43.62 in 2000.

Definition: Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1962 71.52
1963 72.12
1964 77.23
1965 81.64
1966 77.92
1967 76.83
1968 72.74
1969 73.88
1970 74.32
1971 76.70
1972 71.75
1973 69.91
1974 70.52
1975 68.87
1976 68.24
1977 68.79
1978 65.45
1979 69.40
1980 64.95
1981 66.84
1982 62.51
1983 74.97
1984 73.40
1985 66.07
1986 66.63
1987 61.06
1992 61.01
1993 55.29
1994 51.82
1995 49.79
1996 51.92
1997 48.60
1998 50.60
1999 49.17
2000 43.62
2001 44.23
2002 45.68
2003 49.03
2004 47.78
2005 46.46
2006 44.60
2007 50.40
2008 52.60
2009 49.56
2010 49.64
2011 52.15
2012 52.16
2013 54.40
2014 54.35
2015 59.94
2016 62.85
2017 59.82
2018 54.45
2019 58.77
2020 64.89

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports