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Argentina
Official Title: Argentine Republic
General Information:
Buenos Aires
Capital
Total Area
Currency
National Holiday
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Population (million) 43.600
2,766,880 km²
1 CAN$=11.12569 Peso (ARS) (3rd quarter 2016 - Annual average)
May 25 - May Revolution; July 9 - Ind. Day
Language(s)
Spanish
Political Information:
Type of State
Republic
Type of Government
Constitutional Democracy; Presidential System. Legislative Branch: Bicameral National
Congress consists of the Senate (72 members, elected by direct vote for 6-year terms) and
Chamber of Deputies (257 members, elected by direct vote for 4-year terms). Judicial branch:
the Supreme Court is currently composed by 7 judges appointed by the president with approval
by the Senate. Administrative divisions: 23 provinces and 1 autonomous city (Buenos Aires,
federal capital city).
Bilateral Product trade
Canada - Argentina
3000
2500
Balance
2000
Head of Government
President
Mauricio Macri
1500
Can.
Exports
1000
Millions
Head of State
President
Mauricio Macri
500
0
Can.
Import s
-500
- 1000
Tot al
Trade
- 1500
Ministers: Foreign Affairs and Worship: Susana Malcorra
Economy and Public Finance: Alfonso Prat‐Gay
Industry: Francisco Cabrera
-2000
-2500
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Main Political Parties
Number of Seats in Senate (72); Frente para la Victoria 38; Union Civica Radical - 8; Frente
Pro 6; Other 20.
Canadian Imports
from: Argentina
Number of Seats in Congress (257); Frente para la Victoria 70; Unión-PRO 42; Unión Cívica
Radical 36; Unidos por una Nueva Alternativa 23; Partido Justicialista 17; Other parties 69.
Elections: Next:
n/a October 2017 (legislative) and October 2019 (presidential).
2016
Economic Information: (2016)
Statistics Canada
Pr eci o us M et als/ st o nes
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Statistics Canada
IMF/Statistics Canada
GDP: (billion)
Argentina
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$722.42
Canada
$2,026.59
GDP per capita:
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$16,569.24
$55,938.56
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-2.30
1.43
M ach. M ech. El ec. Pr o d .
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1.41
7.00
C hemical Pr o d .
GDP Growth rate: (%)
Inflation: (%)
Unemployment: (%)
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8.47
Product Trade and Investment: (2016)
Canadian Exports:
Canadian Imports:
Foreign Direct Investment in Canada
Canadian Direct Investment in Argentina
Representation:
Foreign Representation in Canada
Ambassador Marcelo Suárez Salvia
Canadian Representation Abroad
Ambassador Robert Fry
May 2017
Canadian Exports
to: Argentina
M i ner al Pr o d .
Statistics Canada
Sp eci al iz ed Inst .
$307,602,757
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n/a
$1,601,417,629
n/a (million)
$16
$1,569
n/a (million)
Pap er Pr o d .
V ehi cl es and Eq ui p .
2016
Plast ics, R ub b er Pr o d .
Statistics Canada
Sources:
Statistics/Industry Canada
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/Home
IMF
http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28
www.international.gc.ca
HTML version: http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/argentina-argentine/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/fs_argentina-argentine_fd.aspx?lang=eng
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