Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: Argentina and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, Argentina sold USD 5.9 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to United Kingdom and bought USD 177 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 61 percent, from USD 113 million in 2019 to USD 182 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United Kingdom sold USD 177 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 5.9 million the other way.

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 United Kingdom: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 9.8Low 4.9 / High 9.82025: 5.9

20199.8
20205.4
20216.5
20226.7
20239.1
20244.9
20255.9

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Argentina's imports from United Kingdom: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 103.4Low 83.7 / High 1942025: 176.5

2019103.4
202083.7
2021108.7
2022122.7
2023184.8
2024194
2025176.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026