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