How dependent is Brazil on Argentina?

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• Argentina sells 2.5% of what the world exports of trucks; next come Mexico (19.7%), United States (11.3%) and Germany (7.6%). The rest of the world exported 58.9 times what Brazil buys from Argentina.
• Argentina sells 3.6% of what the world exports of wheat; next come Russia (16.1%), Canada (13.7%) and United States (11.5%). The rest of the world exported 49.5 times what Brazil buys from Argentina.
• Argentina sells 2.4% of what the world exports of powdered and condensed milk; next come New Zealand (28.6%), Netherlands (9.2%) and United States (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 62.8 times what Brazil buys from Argentina.
• Argentina sells 8.2% of what the world exports of barley; next come Australia (20.1%), France (15.6%) and Russia (10.8%). The rest of the world exported 33.7 times what Brazil buys from Argentina.
• Argentina sells 0.95% of what the world exports of cheese; next come Germany (14.9%), Italy (12.8%) and Netherlands (12.4%). The rest of the world exported 176.1 times what Brazil buys from Argentina.
• Argentina sells 2.1% of what the world exports of frozen vegetables; next come Belgium (28.8%), Netherlands (20%) and Canada (13.7%). The rest of the world exported 64.2 times what Brazil buys from Argentina.
• Argentina sells 2.7% of what the world exports of onions and garlic; next come China (39.5%), Netherlands (10.7%) and Spain (7.9%). The rest of the world exported 53 times what Brazil buys from Argentina.
• Argentina sells 0.78% of what the world exports of buses; next come China (21.1%), Turkey (13%) and Japan (10.1%). The rest of the world exported 153.4 times what Brazil buys from Argentina.
• Argentina sells 2.8% of what the world exports of wheat flour; next come Turkey (20.1%), Kazakhstan (8.6%) and Germany (8%). The rest of the world exported 51.9 times what Brazil buys from Argentina.
• Argentina sells 0.86% of what the world exports of canned vegetables; next come China (11.8%), Spain (11.5%) and Netherlands (6.9%). The rest of the world exported 166.8 times what Brazil buys from Argentina.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Brazil is Argentina’s 1st-largest customer, with 17.3% of its exports.

• Trade between Brazil and Argentina
• Who does Brazil rely on?
• Who does Argentina rely on?
• Dependence of Brazil on China
• Dependence of Brazil on the United States
• Dependence of Brazil on Chile
• Dependence of Brazil on Paraguay
• Trade profile of Brazil
• Trade profile of Argentina
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.