The Secretary of International Economic Relations, Ceciclia Todesca Bocco, stated that “exports are growing at a strong rate and imports are also growing a lot”, which she considered “interesting” for insertion in foreign markets.
“The recovery of exports in Argentina is very, very strong, we already have 65 billion dollars exported in 10 months,” said Todesca Bocco, in dialogue with the C5N channel.
The economist indicated that “there is a very important dialogue because the markets are very dynamic, and at the end of the pandemic also, as always there is a battle for the markets, to see who sells.”
However, “the recovery of exports in Argentina is very, very strong, we already have 65 billion dollars exported in 10 months, exports are growing at a strong rate and imports are also growing a lot and that is interesting because of our insertion in the market. world, “he said.
“We are more or less importing around 6 billion dollars a month, when in 2019 about 4 billion were imported and the composition of these imports today is basically explained by inputs for production and machinery and equipment, capital goods” , said the official.
In this sense, Todesca Bocco stated that “Argentina is already exporting in knowledge-based services, a number similar to what is exported from the automotive sector and that number speaks of a number of companies that develop in different sectors: in software , in business services, in biotechnology, in agricultural technology, that is to say, they are very dynamic sectors, they are sectors that are generating employment “.
He also explained that they met with unicorns and startup companies with the aim of “listening to companies, businessmen and women, understand where the difficulties are, where the opportunities are and put the Foreign Ministry and coordinated work with different ministries such as Agriculture , Productive development, Science and Technology to help them continue growing “.