Overview
- Supermarket surveys show imported staples such as preserves, coffee, dairy and pasta typically pricing 15%–30% under comparable Argentine products.
- Returns and new entries span Conaprole dairy, Danish biscuit tins (Jacobsen, Dan Cake), Italian coffees (Lavazza, Viaggio) and MrBeast’s Feastables chocolate.
- Price checks highlight low-cost options including Ecuadorian tuna and Albania’s Pasta Bella, with multiple imported items undercutting leading local brands.
- Fresh supply is expanding with Spanish oranges, Chilean apples and Ecuadorian bananas in wholesale markets, and beef imports from Brazil jumped 580% year over year in 2025.
- Industry group COPAL warns of competitiveness strains from taxes and logistics, as the government pushes further streamlining through DNU 41/2026 to ease import and export procedures.