Traders Rush to Secure Argentine Crops as Milei Perk Ends (1)

Agriculture traders in Argentina are rushing to get crop shipments on the books before President Javier Milei’s tariff relief expires next week.

Trading houses, which must procure licenses for their future cargoes by listing them on a government register, are notching the biggest volumes of soy and corn since Milei temporarily reduced export tariffs at the beginning of the year.

The move was in part designed to help farmers struggling to turn a profit amid low global prices, and in part to bring forward inflows of dollars to the central bank as Milei seeks to stabilize the economy ahead ...