The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship highlighted this Thursday that Argentine exports in April reached “the highest value historical record for this month”, adding a total of US$ 8,327 million.
In relation to the quantities exported, the national portfolio highlighted that for the period January-April, external shipments obtained “the second largest record in historysecond only to the same period in 2008″.
“Argentine exports totaled US$8,327 million in April, with a year-on-year growth of 35.6%, which was driven by an increase of 23.7% in prices and 9.6% in quantities,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
In that period, exports grew 28.5% compared to the first quarter of last year and exceeded the previous record of January-April 2012 by 14%.
Meanwhile, April imports totaled US$ 6,883 million, with a year-on-year growth of 47.3%, achieving “the highest value for a month of April” and a new historical maximum for a first quarter, after totaling US $24,852 million.
Regarding the trade balance, the Foreign Ministry stressed that “April was a surplus of US$ 1,444 millionthe highest value of the last six months and 16 consecutive months of positive result are accumulated”.
EXPORTS KEEP GROWING WITH NEW RECORDS ??
During April we exported US$ 8,327 million, the highest historical record for that month. And manufactures of industrial origin had an expansion of 29% in quantities.
Exporting more means more Argentine work. pic.twitter.com/ULVI8pgRZB
– Santiago Cafiero (@SantiagoCafiero) May 19, 2022
Last month, all major items grew in their shipments, highlighting manufactures of industrial origin, with an increase of 64.3% in value and almost 30% in quantities.
There was also a strong increase in fuel and energy exports, of 192.7%, driven both by larger quantities (78.5%) and by their prices (63.5%).
The imports that grew the most in April were fuels and lubricants and capital goods.
The main export markets between January and April were Brazil (12.9%), United Statess (7.6%), Chili (6.2%), China (5.9%) and India (5.0%).
In turn, the main countries of origin of imports during the first four months of 2022 were China (22.8%), Brazil (19.1%), the United States (9.6%), Germany (3.7 %), and Paraguay (2.8%).
