Strategic Lens

Defence and arms: Argentina and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, United States sold USD 10.4 million of arms and ammunition to Argentina.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in arms and ammunition grew 52 percent, from USD 6.8 million in 2019 to USD 10.4 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United States sold USD 10.4 million of arms and ammunition, and Argentina sold almost none.

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 States: arms and ammunition

USD million · 2019 to 2024, calendar years, as reported by Argentina

2019: 3.6Low 0.9 / High 7.82024: 1.2

20193.6
20204.1
20210.9
20227.8
20233.9
20241.2

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Argentina's imports from United States: arms and ammunition

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

2019: 3.2Low 2.4 / High 10.42025: 10.4

20193.2
20202.7
20212.4
20223.7
20234.8
20245
202510.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026