Syllabus of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in Argentina.
Buenos Aires.
Introduction to the Argentine Republic (South America);
Argentinian Economy
Economic Profile of the Argentinian provinces.
International Trade of Argentina;
Foreign Direct Investment in Argentina;
Case Study:
Argentinian Automotive Industry;
Biotechnology;
Software and information technology services;
Creative industries.
Doing Business in Buenos Aires;
Case Study:
Audiovisual industry in Buenos Aires;
Arcor Group.
Access to the Argentinian Market;
Business Plan for Argentina.
The objectives of the subject “International Trade and Business in Argentina” are the following:
To analyze the Argentinian Economy and Global Trade;
To know the business opportunities in Argentina;
To explore the Argentinian trade relations with the country of the student;
To know the Argentinian Trade Agreements;
To examine the profile of the Argentinian Companies;
To develop a business plan for the Argentinian Market.
Global Trade and Business in Argentina
The Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in Argentina” belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:
Argentina belongs to the Latin American Economic area of the Western Civilization.
Buenos Aires is one of the largest cities in Latin America.
Including its metropolitan area (Greater Buenos Aires), Buenos Aires has
13 million people, one of the ninth most populated urban conglomerates in the World;
Buenos Aires is the thirteenth urban centre with the largest revenue in USD
in the World, ahead of Hong Kong, Miami or São Paulo, and its growth forecasts are excellent;
Buenos Aires is home to big Argentinian companies.
The compound annual growth rate was 8%, below
China (10.7%) and India (8.4%);
1,000 foreign corporations are in Argentina, including 50% of the Fortune 100 firms;
The Argentinian Automotive Industry is a key contributor to the manufacturing production and exports;
The Automotive sector represented 2.5%
of the Argentinian GDP (including the automotive parts manufacturing), 8.5% of the industrial output and 10% of the total exports;
Ten car makers in Argentina: Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Iveco, Mercedes-Benz, PSA Peugeot-Citroën, Renault, Scania, Toyota, and Volkswagen.
The Argentine Republic counts with an extensive competitive food and beverage industry,
with total sales of USD 53 billion (31% of total manufacturing
sales production) and exports USD 21 billion (30% of the total manufacturing
export production);
Software and computer services industry in the Argentine Republic has
40,000 workers in near 1,000 companies;
Creative industries are principally concentrated in Buenos Aires (7.5% of the district's Gross domestic product and 8% of the total employment);
Other big cities in the Argentine Republic, Cordoba, Mendoza or Rosario, are also developing the creative industries sector;
Significant accumulation of reserves;
A fixed monetary policy;
A competitive exchange rate;
Argentina has significant natural resources;
Argentina is a member of the MERCOSUR.
Argentinian Emerging Sectors:
Biofuel;
Software;
TV;
New technologies.
International Trade of Argentina.
Argentinian exports decreased by 12% (cereals, fuel, energy, industrial manufacturing, slowdown in Brazil) and imports decreased by 11.4%;
The Services export sector registered a record-high volume of 12 billion dollars (one of the highest levels in Latin America);
The largest Argentinian
trading partners
are Brazil, China, Chile, the United States, and Germany;
Records of the foreign direct investment in twenty-five years.
Argentina is a member of the MERCOSUR (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay), having access to
a widespread market with 295
million people and the chance of exporting to and importing from the MERCOSUR economies without having to pay
customs duties.Since the creation of the MERCOSUR, foreign trade between
Argentina and the other members of the MERCOSUR went up by 500%
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