Recently, however, Argentina is experiencing an economic and political crisis that could seriously disrupt its agricultural sector. In the current economic environment, much of Argentina's additional production potential may remain untapped for a considerable time. ERS provides data and analysis on Argentina's agricultural supply, consumption, trade, and policies.

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• Basic information
• Trade
• Policy
• Outlook
• Issues and analysis

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Agriculture in Brazil and Argentina: Developments and Prospects for Major Field Crops. Recent increases in international competitiveness by Argentine and Brazilian grain and soybean producers likely foreshadow continued global trade-share gains, particularly for soybeans and soybean products. Macroeconomic and policy developments, particularly those related to exchange rates, and infrastructure improvements will remain central to each country's future prospects.

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U.S. Agriculture and the Free Trade Area of the Americas. The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), under negotiation among the United States and 33 countries in the Western Hemisphere, will progressively liberalize trade and investment in the region. The FTAA will lead to an estimated 6-percent increase in annual U.S. agricultural exports to the Hemisphere and a 3-percent increase in annual U.S. agricultural imports from the Hemisphere.

What Is the Cause of Growth in Regional Trade: Trade Liberalization or RTA's? The Case of Agriculture. Intra-regional trade in agriculture is the driving force behind the growth in world agricultural trade.

Argentina's Economic Crisis: Can the Ag Sector Help? A simple resolution to Argentina's severe economic crisis does not appear imminent. Although devaluation of the Argentine peso could eventually generate an export-led recovery, agricultural production and exports will likely be hindered by new export taxes, capital controls, higher input prices, and tight credit.

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recommended data products
Production, Supply, and Distribution (PS&D) contains official USDA data on production, supply, and distribution of agricultural commodities for the United States and major importing and exporting countries. The database provides projections for the coming year and historical data for more than 200 countries and major crop, livestock, fishery, and forest products.

Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) provides U.S. agricultural exports and imports, volume and value, by country, by commodity, and by calendar year, fiscal year, and month, for varying periods, such as 1935 to the present or 1989 to the present. Updated monthly or annually.

WTO Agricultural Trade Policy Commitments Database contains data on implementation of trade policy commitments by WTO member countries. Data on domestic support, export subsidies, and tariffs are organized for comparison across countries. This queriable database offers various options for viewing and downloading data.

Agricultural Market Access Database (AMAD) is a publicly available information tool for analyzing WTO market access issues in agriculture. It contains data and information for WTO member countries, including tariff schedules, tariff bindings, applied tariff rates, country notifications to the WTO, import quantities, and other data useful in tariff analysis.

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Additional data and information on Argentina are available from USDA, other U.S. government sources, international organizations, and Argentina's government.

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