Argentina

Official Name:	The Argentine Republic
Sovereign Status:	Sovereign Country
Government Type:	Presidential Republic
Official Name (Local Language):	Republica Argentina
ISO Country Codes:	AR : ARG
Internet Domain:	.ar
Government Web Site:	https://www.argentina.gob.ar/

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Capital:	Buenos Aires	Main Airports:	Buenos Aires - EZE
Language(s):	Spanish	Population:	45,864,941
Currency:	Argentine Peso	ISO Currency Code:	ARS
Telephone Dial In:	+54	ID Prefix:	00

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Country Summaries:

BBC; CIA Factbook; Commisceo Global; Country Code; Infoplease; International Model United Nations Association; Law Library of Congress; NationMaster; NationsOnline; UNESCO; UNESCO UIS

Political & Cultural Organisations:

Australia Group; Central American Integration System; Community of Democracies; Inter Parliamentary Union; Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie; Organizacion de Estados Iberoamericanos; Organization of American States; Pacific Alliance; Secretar a General Iberoamericana; Sistema Economico Latinoamericano; UN; UNESCO; Union of South American Nations;

Travel Guides:

Fodor's Travel; Lonely Planet; Rough Guide

News Resources:

News Agency

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MercoPress;

Noticias Argentinas;

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Radio

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Radios Argentina;

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Government Website:	https://www.argentina.gob.ar/
Sovereign Ratings:	https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/argentina
Central Bank:	Banco Central de la República Argentina
Currency USD Exchange Rate:	82.034 Argentine pesos (ARS) per US dollar (2020 est.)
Unemployment Rate:	9.84% (2019 est.)
Population below poverty line:	25.7% (2017 est.)
Inflation Rate:	25.7% (2017 est.)

Prime Lending Rate:	67.30% (2019 - World Bank)
GDP:	$447.467 billion (2019 est.)
GDP Pro Capita (PPP):	$22,064 (2019 est.)
Currency Name:	Argentine Peso
Currency Code:	ARS
World Bank Classification:	Upper Middle Income

GDP Composition:

Agriculture:	11.4%	sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock
Industry:	30.2%	food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel
Services:	58.4%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Financial & Economic Organisations:

African Development Bank; Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion; FAO; G20; IMF; International Labour Organization; The Cairns Group; Un Economic Commission for Latin America the Caribbean UNIDO; World Bank;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

Countryeconomy; FAO; IMF; Inter American Development Bank; International Labour Organization; OECD; UNDP Human Development; World Bank;

Financial Exchanges:

Commodities Exchange: Mercado a Término de Buenos Aires ; Rosario Futures Exchange ; Stock & Securities Exchange: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires ; Mercado Abierto Electrónico ;

National Statistics Office:

Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos;

National Dataset(s):

Focus Economics; Global Survey; Trading Economics;

Argentina

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

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Trade Indicators

Business Language(s):	Spanish
Customs & Excise:	Aduana Argentina
Development Bank(s):	Development Bank of Latin America; Inter-American Development Bank;
National Standards Bureau:	Instituto Argentino de Normalización y Certificación - IRAM

Competitive Ind’l Performance: 83/141 (2019)	Corruption Perceptions Index: 78/180 (2020)
Ease of Doing Business: 126/190 (2019)	Enabling Trade Index: 94/136 (2016)
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