Strategic Lens

Pharma and health: Argentina and China

First country

Second country

In 2025, Argentina sold USD 16.2 million of pharmaceutical products to China and bought USD 80.9 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 80.9 million of pharmaceutical products, against USD 16.2 million the other way.
  • BothTwo-way trade in pharmaceutical products is 81 percent below its 2021 peak of USD 503 million.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Argentina's exports to China: pharmaceutical products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Argentina

2019: 29.9Low 16.2 / High 46.92025: 16.2

201929.9
202029.3
202129
202246.9
202327.4
202439.8
202516.2

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Argentina's imports from China: pharmaceutical products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Argentina

2019: 35.7Low 35.7 / High 473.62025: 80.9

201935.7
202055.7
2021473.6
2022154.6
202389.7
202497.1
202580.9

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026