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<a href="textoingles.html" target=_self>Economic
Activities</a><br>
<b>INDUSTRY</b>
<b><br>
<a href="ecoindig.htm#comienzos">The
Beginnings</a> <img width=11 height=11 border=0 align=ABSMIDDLE src="../iconos/bolas_11x11.gif">
<a href="ecoindig.htm#sustit">The Process of Imports Replacement</a><br>
<a href="ecoindig.htm#cambios">Changes</a> <img width=11 height=11 border=0 align=ABSMIDDLE src="../iconos/bolas_11x11.gif">
<a href="ecoindig.htm#parana">Paraná and Plata Rivers Area</a><br>
<a href="ecoindig.htm#menores">Other Minor Areas</a></b>
<b>The
Beginnings</b><br>
The <b>industrial
activity</b> began in the past century with some manufactures like <b>wine</b>
in <a href="../tierra/geoin/textoingles.html#cuyo" target=_blank>Cuyo</a>,<b>
sugar</b> in Tucumán, <b>meat-salting</b> <b>factories</b> in the province
of Buenos Aires and <b>weaving mills</b> in Córdoba and Santiago del
Estero.
<b>The
Process of Imports Replacement</b>
When the First
World War broke out, a need to replace imports arose, which benefited the <b>paper</b>,<b>
textile</b> and <b>wool</b> industries. When the war ended, only some industries
survived, such as<b> leather </b>and <b>quebracho</b>, <b>cold storage plants</b>
and <b>dairies</b>, because the raw material was available and they had enough
domestic market. During the Second World War, there was a growth of the<b> light
industry</b> in South America. The lack of iron and steel industries hampered
the development of heavy industry.
<b>Changes</b>
Since 1944, some
provinces encouraged the settlement of manufacturing companies in their territories
with the purpose of: <b>decentralizing</b> the activities carried out in the
province of Buenos Aires; <b>fostering</b> the industrialization of regional
raw material;<b> creating</b> job opportunities; <b>improving</b> the living
standards of disadvantaged areas, <b>discouraging </b>the internal migrations,
etc. Growth and recession were constant in the 1950s. In the 1960s foreign capitals
arrived; however, they did not plow back their profits in the country but engaged
in financial speculation.
<b>Paraná
and Plata Rivers Area</b>
In this region,
the <b>ports</b> worth mentioning are those of <b>Buenos Aires</b>, <b>La Plata</b>,
<b>Santa Fé</b> and <b>Rosario</b>. A third of the total Argentine population
lives here, which implies a large consumer market and also a largo source of
job opportunities.<br>
<b>Petrochemical</b>,
<b>textile</b>, <b>automobile</b>, <b>metallurgical</b>, and <b>iron</b> and
<b>steel industries</b>, <b>dairies</b>, <b>poultry processing plants</b> and
<b>flour mills</b> generally settle in this area.
<b>Other
Minor Areas</b>
In Córdoba
there are important <b>flour</b>, <b>milk</b>, <b>oil</b>, <b>automobile</b>
and <b>mechanical industries</b>. Bahía Blanca is characterized by <b>petrochemicals</b>
and<b> flour plants</b> and Mar del Plata, by <b>textile</b> industries and
<b>fish</b> processing plants. In Entre Ríos there are <b>poultry</b>
and <b>citrus fruits</b> processing plants, <b>dairies and cold storage</b>
plants.
In the <a href="../tierra/geoin/textoingles.html#meseta" target=_blank>North-east</a>,
there are <b>leather</b>, <b>paper</b>, <b>tobacco</b>, <b>yerba mate</b>, <b>tea</b>,
<b>citrus fruits</b> and <b>rice</b> processing industries, etc.<br>
In the <a href="../tierra/geoin/textoingles.html#noroeste" target=_blank>North-west</a>,
the industries worth mentioning are those related to <b>sugar</b>, <b>paper</b>,
<b>alcohol</b>, <b>tobacco</b>, <b>iron</b> and <b>steel</b>, and <b>petrochemical
products</b>. In the <a href="../tierra/geoin/textoingles.html#sierras" target=_blank>Pampa
Sierras</a> and <a href="../tierra/geoin/textoingles.html#cuyo" target=_blank>Cuyo
</a>the products manufactured are <b>wine</b>, <b>fruit</b> and <b>vegetable
preserves</b>, <b>oil</b>, <b>tin cans</b>, <b>concrete</b> and <b>petroleum</b>.<br>
In <a href="../tierra/geoin/textoingles.html#patagonia" target=_blank>Patagonia</a>
you can find <b>petroleum refineries</b>,<b> aluminum industries</b>, <b>wool-scouring</b>
establishments, and <b>cold storage</b> and <b>fish </b>processing plants. In
Río Negro there are plants for <b>fruit</b> and <b>vegetable preserves</b>
and producing <b>cider</b> and <b>wines</b>.
<br>
For further information: <a href="http://www.mecon.ar">Ministerio de Economía-Indice</a>
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