Cheap Imports Strangle Argentina’s Textile Industry
Argentina’s textile industry lost 12,000 formal jobs in 2025—over 20,000 since 2023—as cotton T-shirts enter the country declared at less than a cent per dollar. The cause: systematic under-invoicing in imports, which, according to the Argentine Federation of Textile Industries (FITA), affects more than 70% of textile imports, with prices below historical levels, not even … Read more