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Trade between Argentina and Bolivia

In 2024, Argentina exported $793 million to Bolivia and imported $642 million. Argentina ran a surplus of $151 million with Bolivia, compared with a deficit of $426 million in 2019. Bolivia was Argentina’s 24th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Argentina was Bolivia’s 3rd (7%).

Summary

Argentina → Bolivia
$793million
Bolivia → Argentina
$642million
Argentina’s balance
$151million

Balance

Argentina’s trade balance with Bolivia

Trade between Argentina and Bolivia grew 4-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Argentina’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 0.8
  • Imports 0.6
  • Balance +0.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$214 million$141 million$73 million
1996$235 million$141 million$94 million
1997$433 million$183 million$249 million
1998$375 million$148 million$228 million
1999$290 million$73 million$216 million
2000$301 million$62 million$239 million
2001$298 million$69 million$228 million
2002$319 million$26 million$293 million
2003$274 million$50 million$225 million
2004$299 million$145 million$154 million
2005$414 million$290 million$124 million
2006$439 million$352 million$87 million
2007$541 million$307 million$234 million
2008$636 million$488 million$149 million
2009$613 million$461 million$152 million
2010$676 million$438 million$238 million
2011$886 million$789 million$97 million
2012$887 million$1.6 billion-$678 million
2013$837 million$2.7 billion-$1.9 billion
2014$838 million$2.5 billion-$1.6 billion
2015$926 million$1.4 billion-$510 million
2016$756 million$869 million-$113 million
2017$931 million$1.2 billion-$293 million
2018$918 million$1.4 billion-$472 million
2019$891 million$1.3 billion-$426 million
2020$546 million$982 million-$436 million
2021$919 million$1 billion-$84 million
2022$1.2 billion$2 billion-$885 million
2023$825 million$1.1 billion-$314 million
2024$793 million$642 million$151 million

What they sell each other

What Argentina sells to Bolivia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Refined petroleum$338 million · 42.6%
    57 thousand tonnes · Bolivia’s sources
  2. Crude petroleum$83 million · 10.5%
    133 thousand tonnes · Argentina’s destinations
  3. Wheat flour$42 million · 5.2%
    99 thousand tonnes
  4. Trucks$26 million · 3.2%
    2 thousand tonnes · Argentina’s destinations
  5. 412 tonnes
  6. Seamless steel pipes$17 million · 2.2%
    8 thousand tonnes
  7. Malt extract and food mixes$13 million · 1.7%
    11 thousand tonnes
  8. Polyethylene$11 million · 1.4%
    8 thousand tonnes
  9. Pet and animal feed$10 million · 1.3%
    8 thousand tonnes
  10. Pesticides and herbicides$10 million · 1.3%
    997 tonnes

What Bolivia sells to Argentina

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Natural gas and LPG$475 million · 74%
    885 thousand tonnes
  2. Bananas$40 million · 6.2%
    100 thousand tonnes
  3. Nitrogen fertilizers$28 million · 4.3%
    81 thousand tonnes
  4. Soybeans$22 million · 3.4%
    54 thousand tonnes · Argentina’s sources
  5. Electricity$18 million · 2.8%
  6. Barite$12 million · 1.9%
    68 thousand tonnes
  7. Iron ore$6 million · 0.98%
    60 thousand tonnes
  8. 810 tonnes
  9. Preserved fruit and nuts$5 million · 0.84%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Unwrought tin$4 million · 0.69%
    149 tonnes

How it travels

Argentina and Bolivia traded $1.4 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly over land: 100% of the value travels by truck, rail or pipeline.

Split by transport mode

  1. Land$1.4 billion · 100%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Bolivia was Argentina’s 24th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Argentina was Bolivia’s 3rd (7%).

Bolivia in Argentina’s trade
1.1%
Bolivia’s rank among Argentina’s partners
24th
Argentina in Bolivia’s trade
7.3%
Argentina’s rank among Bolivia’s partners
3rd

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Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.