1. By: Karen Alezano and David Soto

2. March 26, 1991, when Argentina, Brazil,
Paraguay and Uruguay signed the Asunción
Treaty in Asunción Paraguay
Under the Treaty, the nations agreed to
form a Customs Union named Southern
Common Market, commonly known as
Mercosur
The Treaty of Asunción (referred as the
"Treaty Framework,“) provided the
underlying elements for the creation of the
Common Market
The first step in the creation of a
Common Market was taken on
Officially inaugurated in
1990, the Alto Palermo
Shopping Center was one of
the first shopping centers in
Argentina. It's a very popular
shopping spot for
the porteños and especially
the porteñas (male and
female residents of Buenos
Aires).
Massive public and external debt and
chronic budget deficits in the late 1990s
led to a major financial crisis in 2001.
1929 Argentina was the fourth richest
country in the world in terms of income per
head.
1954-1983 Fonseca S.A was a
pioneer in the Argentinean
Leather Industry

3. mid-16th century. these settlers called
Gauchos came to the New World

4. Manifesto
•Founded by Argentine
entrepreneurs
the chair is covered by the
typical Gauchos’ outfit
(the poncho)

5. Vag
•Fouded in Argentina
in 2007
•aimed at creating
innovative products
mainly made with
non-conventional
materials

6. • The sheep population has been increasing for about
the last six years reaching 16 million in 2008.
• Argentine wool growers have benefited from
improvement in world wool prices and from a
massive devaluation of its currency at the end of
2001, which gave a considerable boost to its export
industries
• The major sheep-producing area in Argentina is the
Patagonia region

7. GDP (purchasing power parity) $746.9 billion (2012 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate) $474.8 billion (2012 est.)
GDP - real growth rate 2.6% (2012 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP)$18,200 (2012 est.)
Unemployment rate
7.2% (2012 est.)
Budget
revenues: $117.5 billion
expenditures: $132.8 billion (2012 est.)
Taxes and other revenues
24.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)
-3.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Public debt
41.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
25% (2012 est.)

8. Exports - partners
Brazil 21.6%, China 7.3%, Chile 5.5%, US 5.5%
(2011)
Imports
$67.33 billion (2012 est.)
Exports
$85.36 billion (2012 est.)
Imports - partners
Brazil 33.2%, US 14.4%, China 12.4%, Germany
4.7% (2011)
Debt - external
$130.2 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

12. Benitez Emilse

14. Cora Groppo

16. Jose Mutti

19. What Is BAFWeek?
• The Buenos Aires
Fashion Week opens for
a week of fashion
shows and fashion
presentations
overflowing with all the
latest cutting-edge
trends.

20. Federation Argentina de Industrias Textiles (FITA: Cotton Manu.)
Camara Industrial del Deporte y Afinas (CAMIDA: Sport Apparel
Manufacture)
Leather goods by Argentine Chamber of manufacturers of
Composers and Materials for ready made garment
 CAIPIC (ARGENTINE CHAMBER OF FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY
SUPPLIERS
ACFIC (FOOTWEAR MANUFACTURES ASSOCIATION )

21. Florida Street in Buenos Aires

22. Argentina became a trade group member of:
• Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
• The Cartagena Agreement
• The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)

23. President Cristina
FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER
Vice President Amando BOUDOU
POLITICAL SYSTEM: Republican, representative
and federal

24. The police force is considered by Argentines
to be one of the most corrupt institutions in
the country
The Buenos Aires police have been involved
in several incidents of drug trafficking and
extortion.
Confidence in the judiciary is weak Abuse of office by elected officials is not
normally punished
the political and administrative system lacks
transparency, efficiency and neutrality.
Tax evading

26. • http://www.lonelyplanet.com/argentina/history
• http://fashionbi.com/newspaper/the-fashion-industry-in-south-america-
argentina-and-brazil
• http://www.gauchoclothes.com/info.html
• http://www.guilford.com.ar/
• http://www.mercosurtc.com/
• http://www.cchic.mrecic.gov.ar/en/content/argentina-and-world-expo-impo
• http://simplyshers.com/emerging-fashion-designers-from-argentina/
• http://www.argentinaindependent.com/life-style/fashion/designer-spotlight-
vanesa-krongold/
• http://www.bafweek.com.ar/index.html
• http://www.farmweekly.com.au/news/agriculture/agribusiness/general-
news/sheep-and-wool-strong-in-argentina/1846447.aspx