Argentina
Population (World Bank): 46,654,581 (2023)
Metal/Ore Exports (% of Total Merchandise Exports, World Bank): 0.4% (2023)
Petroleum Production (Million barrels per day, EIA): 886 Mb/d (2024)
Human Development Index (World Rank, UNDP): 48
2021 Resource Governance Index Score (NRGI): Not Available
EITI Status: Moderate
Link to Key Economic Information (Atlas of Economic Complexity)
Policy Documents that Include Local Content Relevant Provisions:
Social Mining Plan, 2020 (Spanish)
Strategic Plan for Mining Development in Argentina, 2020 (Spanish)
Creation of the Registry of Suppliers of Economic Activities, 2018 (Spanish)
National Mining Plan, 2009 (Spanish)
Law N°17.339, 1967 (Spanish)
Neuquén Law 3.032 (Spanish)
Renewable energy local content policy documents:
Local Content Relevant News:
July 2025 - Vaca Muerta: pymes y operadoras acuerdan acciones ante un segundo semestre con menos actividad (Spanish)
June 2025 - YPF and Neuquen look for local content for Vaca muerta, are training efforts having results? (Spanish)
February 2024 - Suppliers from Mar del Plata are being summoned to bids for offshore energy generation projects
October 2023 - Argentinian Renewable Energy Chamber present proposals to foster the sector (Spanish)
June 2023 - Local content requirements proposed in the draft of hydrogen law under scrutiny
June 2021 — The Ministry of Production Works Towards the Goal of Mining Companies to Comply with Local Procurement (Spanish)
May 2021 — More than 60 Companies Interested in the Mining Registry of the Argentinian Northern Province (Spanish)
September 2020 — Argentina Pumps US$13mn more into Industrial Supplier Development Scheme (Paywall)
Analysis and Case Studies:
Neuman (2021) - Local Content and Sustainable Development in Argentina
Scholvin (2021) - Peripheral development through extractive industries?: Gateways, local content policy, and the oil and gas sector in Neuquén and Río Negro, Argentina
Obaya et al. (2021) - Curb your Enthusiasm. Challenges to the Development of Lithium-based Linkages in Argentina (Paywall)
Lopez et al. (2019) - Lithium in Argentina Opportunities and Challenges for the Development of the Value Chain (Spanish)
Relevant Initiatives:
National Supplier Development Program for Argentinian Mining Suppliers (Spanish)
Argentine Chamber of Mining Suppliers (Spanish) Registry of Local Suppliers of Mining Companies for the Province of Salta (Spanish)