Helped by import restrictions, Argentina’s March trade surplus soars 141%

Wednesday, April 27th 2011 - 15:27 UTC

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Argentina's March trade surplus more than doubled (up 141%) from the same month last year to 667 million US dollars according to official data, helped by the government’s import curbs and stronger grains exports. Trade surplus in March 2010 was 276 million USD. Read full article

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Martin_Fierro
Is this imports restriction really a drastic measure or simply a normalization?

Argentina imported too much and produced too little.
Apr 28th, 2011 - 04:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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there should be a FEE ON FOREIGN EXCHANGE, I think something like a 30% fee on all foreign exchange will limit the imports.
May 01st, 2011 - 09:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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