• How much soybean production in Argentina in 2024/2025?
  • Post forecasts Argentina soybean production at 51 million metric tons (MMT) in marketing year (MY) 2024/2025 as production returns to assuming good weather in the year ahead and increased soy planting at the expense of wheat and corn, particularly in late or second crop soy.
  • What would happen if Argentina ceased exporting soybean meal?
  • This reduced crush would lead Argentina to export only 18.75 MMT of soybean meal, potentially losing its position as the world’s largest exporter of soybean meal. Soybean oil exports are estimated at 3.65 MMT. Sunflowerseed production is estimated unchanged at 4 MMT and peanut production is lowered to 970,000 MT due to the effects of drought.
  • Does Argentina export soybeans?
  • Argentina also exports soy as raw beans to China (4.7 Mtonnes exported in 2021) and oil to India (4.2 Mtonnes in 2021). Following the lifting of the Registro de Operadores de Soja Autorizados in 2016, soybean imports into Argentina increased 440% from 0.9 Mtonnes in 2016 to 4.9 Mtonnes in 2021.
  • Where do soybeans come from in Argentina?
  • In Argentina, soybeans are typically exported from the Province of Buenos Aires through Necochea (Quequén), Bahia Blanca and upstream of Buenos Aires. Crushed products are exported from ports in and around Rosario (Santa Fe Province) where traders have their own terminals to store, crush and export soy products.
  • Does Argentina have a soy supply chain?
  • Yet, while Argentina’s position creates a challenge for tracing sources of soy across borders and within Argentina, systems are already in place that could bring more transparency to the soy supply chain. Between 2015 and 2019, Argentina exported over 200 million tonnes (Mtonnes) of soy, 67% of which was soy cake.
  • Does Argentina export soy cake?
  • Despite a drop in soy exports from 42 to 26 Mtonnes in 2019-2021, Argentina remains a leading producer and exporter of soy cake, mainly to the EU. Argentina also exports soy as raw beans to China (4.7 Mtonnes exported in 2021) and oil to India (4.2 Mtonnes in 2021).