Argentina is recognized as a country with significant natural resources; however, it is also important to highlight that it has a highly skilled population and is endowed with a well-established industrial and technological base. In a global context marked by transformation and redefinition, these characteristics are becoming increasingly strengthened and valued. The global value chains that shaped the world trading system in recent decades have been called into question by the evidence that unexpected health conditions or geopolitical conflicts have structurally impacted their operating logic.

In this context, Argentina is called upon to play a decisive role as a holder of fundamental resources to address global challenges in both food and energy security and, in doing so, to promote the development of its society.

Supported by its endowment of natural resources and the human capacities to transform them, we are convinced that Argentina can expand and strengthen its integration into global value chains. This process assigns a key role to foreign direct investment (FDI), encouraging it not only to be directed toward the exploitation of natural resources, but also to contribute to the development of local productive capacities and value-added linkages that generate sufficient quantity and quality of employment to ensure sustained growth.

Argentina has an extensive territory, with 53% of its land suitable for cultivation, and is a leading exporter of a wide variety of agricultural and food products to highly competitive markets such as the United States, Canada, Europe, China, and Japan. It also has highly relevant mining and hydrocarbon areas with an astonishing growth outlook. Likewise, Argentina has a solid industrial base, with developments in highly complex and dynamic sectors such as steel pipe manufacturing, agricultural machinery, medical equipment, biotechnology, the automotive industry, and knowledge-based services, among others.

Furthermore, Argentina has highly qualified human resources, an extensive network of scientific research centers, and universities well positioned in international rankings, with more than 110,000 university graduates per year, in addition to being the leading country in Latin America in terms of English proficiency.

Similarly, Argentina offers vast infrastructure that enables a federal production network, with ports and access and exit points for goods located throughout the country.

From the very first days of the current administration, a path was set in motion aimed at creating favorable conditions for attracting and facilitating investments that drive Argentina’s economic growth. This commitment was reflected early on through Decree No. 70 of December 2023, which sought to remove trade barriers and restrictions, reduce the burden of regulations, and establish conditions that ensure business profitability.

The economic program of President Milei’s administration is based on a pro-market agenda that has succeeded in stabilizing the foreign exchange market, lowering inflation, guaranteeing legal certainty for investors, fostering a favorable climate for private initiative, and promoting transparent and predictable rules for companies that choose to invest in Argentina.

This course of action was reaffirmed and expanded, with a special emphasis on encouraging investment in dynamic and strategic sectors that drive the national economy, through the establishment of the “Incentive Regime for Large Investments” (RIGI), approved by the National Congress with the enactment of Law No. 27,742 in July 2024 and regulated by Decree No. 749 in August 2024. This regime, in force until July of this year and extendable for an additional year (until July 8, 2027), is aimed at projects involving investments exceeding USD 200 million. Its objective is to create conditions of predictability, stability, and legal certainty for such projects, fostering the development of local production chains and establishing special protection against potential breaches by the State. In this way, the RIGI provides tax, customs, foreign exchange, regulatory, and jurisdictional incentives, as well as regulatory stability for thirty years, to projects in eight strategic sectors: forestry, tourism, infrastructure, mining, technology, steelmaking, energy, and oil and gas. The benefits provided under the RIGI are increased and extended for up to 40 years for projects involving investments exceeding USD 2 billion.

 

With the aim of attracting productive and high-quality Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Argentina, the Argentine Embassy in the Czech Republic, together with the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, carries out the following activities:

- Works with Argentine companies and start-ups;

- Assists foreign investors seeking opportunities in Argentina;

- Organizes investment seminars and meetings with senior executives; 

- Coordinates agendas for business visits to Argentina;

- Disseminates information on:

i) Expressions of interest in investing in Argentina received by this Embassy;

ii) National, provincial, and municipal incentives to attract investment to Argentina;

iii) The current situation, key stakeholders, and dynamics affecting the region and the country in terms of FDI.

- Assists provinces, municipalities, and sectoral chambers in formulating their investment attraction strategies.

 

Additionally, the guide “Doing Business in Argentina” provides up-to-date information of interest to investors.

 

For any inquiries, please contact the Commercial Section of the Embassy by email at: eches-comercial@mrecic.gov.ar