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Milei Government Eliminates Mining Export Duties as Agricultural Producers Demand Full Cuts

Agricultural levies remain at levels many farmers say threaten profitability despite recent rate reductions

Overview

  • Decree 563/2025 abolished export duties on about 200 mining products, including gold, copper and lime
  • Late July cuts trimmed agricultural rates—from 33% to 26% on soy and from 12% to 9.5% on maize and sorghum—without full elimination
  • Former Córdoba governor Juan Schiaretti, FAA vice president José Luis Volando and other sector leaders have intensified calls to scrap all field export duties, citing unequal treatment
  • An Ieral/Fundación Mediterránea report shows net margins improve by up to US$60.5 per hectare but total tax pressure stays between 53% and 112% of rent, leaving many producers unprofitable
  • Ieral modelling forecasts a 22% drop in export-duty revenue offset by a 9%–15% decline in overall tax intake as higher Income Tax and Ingresos Brutos shift fiscal burdens toward provinces