Argentina is widely recognized as a country endowed with significant natural resources; however, it is also important to emphasize that it has a highly skilled population and a deeply rooted industrial and technological base. In a global context that is dynamic and undergoing redefinition, these characteristics are further strengthened and valued.

The global value chains that shaped the world trading system over recent decades have been called into question, as evidence has shown that unexpected health conditions or geopolitical conflicts have structurally impacted their operating logic.

In this context, Argentina is called upon to play a decisive role, as it possesses key resources to address global challenges related to both food and energy security, while simultaneously fostering the development of its society.

Supported by its endowment of natural resources and the human capabilities required to transform them, we are convinced that Argentina can expand and consolidate its integration into global value chains. This process assigns a central role to foreign direct investment (FDI), encouraging it not to focus solely on the extraction of natural resources, but rather to contribute to the development of local productive capacities and value-adding linkages, generating sufficient quantity and quality of employment to ensure sustained growth.

Argentina has a vast territory, with 53% of its surface suitable for cultivation, and is a leading exporter of a wide range of agricultural and food products to highly competitive markets such as the United States, Canada, Europe, China, and Japan. It also has highly relevant mining and hydrocarbon areas with remarkable growth potential. Likewise, Argentina has a solid industrial base, with developments in highly complex and dynamic sectors such as steel pipe manufacturing, agricultural machinery, medical equipment, biotechnology, the automotive industry, and knowledge-based services, among others.

In addition, Argentina has highly qualified human resources, an extensive network of scientific research centers, and universities well positioned in international rankings, with more than 110,000 university graduates each year. It is also the leading country in Latin America in terms of English proficiency.

Argentina likewise offers extensive infrastructure that enables a federal production network, with ports and entry and exit points for goods located across different regions of the country.

From the earliest days of the current administration, a path was initiated to create favorable conditions for attracting and facilitating investments that drive Argentina’s economic growth. This commitment was reflected early on through Decree No. 70 of December 2023, whose purpose was to remove trade barriers and restrictions, reduce the regulatory burden, and establish conditions that ensure business profitability.

The economic program of President Milei’s administration is based on a pro-market agenda that has succeeded in stabilizing the foreign exchange market, reducing inflation, guaranteeing legal certainty for investors, creating a favorable climate for private initiative, and promoting transparent and predictable rules for companies that choose to invest in Argentina.

This course was reaffirmed and expanded, with particular emphasis on stimulating investment in dynamic and strategic sectors that drive the national economy, through the establishment of the “Incentive Regime for Large Investments” (RIGI), approved by the National Congress with the enactment of Law No. 27,742 in July 2024 and regulated by Decree No. 749 in August 2024.

This Regime, in force until July of the current year and extendable for an additional year (until July 8, 2027), is aimed at projects involving investments exceeding USD 200 million. Its objective is to create conditions of predictability, stability, and legal certainty for such projects, providing for the development of local production chains and establishing special protection against potential breaches by the State. Accordingly, the RIGI offers tax, customs, foreign exchange, regulatory, and jurisdictional incentives, as well as regulatory stability for thirty years, to projects in eight strategic sectors: forestry and forest-based industries, tourism, infrastructure, mining, technology, steelmaking, energy, and oil and gas. The benefits provided under the RIGI are increased and extended to up to 40 years for projects involving investments exceeding USD 2 billion.

With the objective of attracting productive and high-quality Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Argentina, the EMBASSY and the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

• Work with Argentine COMPANIES and START-UPS;

• Assist FOREIGN INVESTORS seeking opportunities in Argentina;

• Organize investment seminars and meetings with senior executives;

• Coordinate agendas for their business visits to Argentina;

• Disseminate INFORMATION on: i) expressions of interest in investing in Argentina received by our embassies and consulates abroad; ii) national, provincial, and municipal incentives to attract investment to Argentina; iii) the current situation, relevant stakeholders, and dynamics affecting the region and the country with regard to FDI;

• Support PROVINCES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND SECTORAL CHAMBERS in the formulation of their investment attraction strategies.

To access up-to-date information on investments, the business climate, and investor assistance, please visit the website of the Argentine Investment and International Trade Agency (AAICI):

INVEST IN ARGENTINA
https://www.inversionycomercio.ar/

DOING BUSINESS IN ARGENTINA
https://argentina.ar/es/como-invertir-en-argentina

INVESTOR ASSISTANCE
https://argentina.ar/es/promargentina/inverti/asistencia-al-inversor