\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t Argentina\u2019s economy grew by 4.4% in 2025, according to a report by the government\u2019s statistics bureau, the INDEC. The increase was mostly driven by two sectors \u2014 agriculture and financial intermediation.<\/p>\n
Compared with December 2024, eleven sectors of the economic activity grew and four fell.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The economy increased by 3.5% in December when compared to the same month in 2024.<\/p>\n
Agriculture, livestock, hunting, and forestry posted the largest year-on-year increase, 32.2%, driven by the highest wheat production recorded in the entire statistical series and a record-high average yield. The second-highest positive impact in the index came from financial intermediation, which increased by 14.1%.<\/p>\n
Other sectors showing significant increases were fishing, energy, and mining.<\/p>\n
The sector that saw the biggest drop was the manufacturing industry, which fell by 3.9% in December 2025, compared to the same period the previous year. It was followed by wholesale, retail trade, and repairs, which contracted by 1.3%.<\/p>\n
Recent figures have shown that the manufacturing sector is in a dire situation.<\/p>\n
Industries in crisis The latest report by the INDEC says that the industry was working at 53.8% of its capacity in December. The sectors that are seeing the worst part are the automotive, plastic, and textile industries, which are only operating at 31.2%, 33.4%, and 35.2% of their potential.<\/p>\n
Florencia Fiorentin, chief economist at the Epyca consulting firm, said that last week\u2019s high-profile shutdown of an 86-year-old tire manufacturer, Fate, was not an isolated case.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of companies are shutting down, especially in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area,\u201d said Fiorentin. \u201cBasically, a drop in demand is combined with import liberalization \u2014 thus, companies are not selling products,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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