Argentina's Gran Rosario reclaims title as world's top agro-export hub

The Gran Rosario region of Argentina has reclaimed its title as the world's premier agro-export hub in 2025, according to a report by the Rosario Stock Exchange (BCR).

The region achieved record shipments of grains, oils, and byproducts totaling 75.7 million tons. This volume edged out New Orleans in the United States, which handled 74.8 million tons, and Santos in Brazil, with 60 million tons. These three locations represent the globe's top agro-export nodes.

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The data marks the return of Gran Rosario to the top of the global ranking after several years in which the fall in agricultural production and the logistical difficulties associated with the low water level of the Paraná River had displaced the region to second place, and even third in 2023, during the historic drought.

This achievement marks the Gran Rosario's return to the global lead after several years where declining agricultural output and logistical hurdles, such as low water levels in the Paraná River, had caused it to slip to second or even third place, notably in 2023 during a severe drought.

Within a 70-kilometer stretch of the Paraná River, from Timbúes to Arroyo Seco, the Gran Rosario hosts 30 port terminals, 18 of which are dedicated to exporting agro-industrial products. The region boasts an annual processing capacity for oilseeds exceeding 52 million tons, accounting for 75% of Argentina's national capacity. This concentration of port infrastructure, agro-industrial capacity, and export flow in such a compact area is rare globally.

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Few regions in the world combine, in such a confined radius, such a scale of port infrastructure, agro-industrial capacity, and export flow.