This study describes the Argentine Agricultural Logistics Facilities. With its pros and main constraints. The most important means of transport; trains, trucks and boats. Their comparative costs and quantities of merchandise carried. It describes in detail the operation of the Paraguay - Parana (Argentina) waterway. It also details the existing ports, with its storage and loading capacity.
Argentine Agricultural Logistics Facilities
Transportation and marketing infrastructure for agricultural products in Argentina has played a critical role in determining that country’s international competitiveness. Argentina possesses a long coastline with major sea ports that provide the necessary links to international markets and it has an important waterway, the Parana-Paraguay River system located close to the major grain and oilseed producing region. Yet despite these advantages—especially, the shorter distance from production areas to ports—transportation and marketing costs for bulk agricultural product exports have been historically much higher than for the United States. This reflects an inefficient or underdeveloped barge and railroad transportation system and continued heavy reliance on more expensive transportation modes, especially the use of trucks. Export taxes and high port charges also contribute to the nation’s higher marketing and transportation costs.
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