India and Argentina share a Strategic Partnership, elevated in 2019, anchored by G20 cooperation, strong agricultural commodity trade and growing critical minerals engagement. Argentina is India's largest trading partner in Latin America for certain commodity flows, supplying soybean oil, sunflower oil and other agri products that are critical to India's edible oil import basket. Argentina's enormous lithium reserves in the Lithium Triangle, shared with Bolivia and Chile, have made it a priority destination for Indian critical mineral investment as India scales up its electric vehicle and battery ambitions.
COOPERATION AREAS
Where India and Argentina actually work together
5 active areas of cooperation, as of July 2026. Click any card for the full brief.
TRADE & INVESTMENT
By the numbers
Approximate figures. Argentina is one of India's largest trade partners in Latin America. Edible oils and agri commodities dominate India's imports. Source: MEA bilateral brief and DGFT data.
~$4.5bn
Total bilateral trade in goods
$0.8bn
India exports to country
$3.7bn
India imports from country
Trade trajectory · USD bn
$4.5bnin 2023 · click a bar to compare years
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AGREEMENTS & MILESTONES
The relationship since 1949, in 6 dates
CURRENT STATE
Where things stand, 2026
The India-Argentina relationship is an active Strategic Partnership with strong commodity trade foundations and growing critical minerals engagement. Lithium cooperation is the most dynamic new frontier. The relationship is influenced by Argentina's periodic economic turbulence, though commodity trade has been resilient. G20 provides the strongest regular political contact. President Milei's market-oriented approach has signalled openness to foreign investment including from India.
SIGNALS TO WATCH
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QUICK FACTS
CapitalBuenos Aires
Population46 million
RegionAmericas
Diplomatic tiesSince 1949
Indian diaspora~5,000
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