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Comparative Advantages

  1. Access to Mercosur. Misiones is the Argentine province best positioned to capitalize on the international trade generated by Mercosur, a common market made up by 6 countries and a population of 295 million, representing the world’s fifth economy. According to the WTO, in 2015, transportation services in Mercosur related to imports and exports totaled USD 30 billion.
  2. Multimodal logistics layout. 40% of the export cost of products from the Argentine Northeast account for the shipping of cargo to the Buenos Aires port. The roads system of Misiones, the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, and the international bridges with Paraguay and Brazil offer an optimal logistics corridor for cargo transportation (below you can see maps of the Provincial Roads Administration Office).
  3. The upcoming commissioning of the Posadas and Santa Ana ports will endow the Province with port infrastructure to increase the use of rivers for cargo transportation with a resulting reduction in logistics costs.
  4. Enclave in regional logistics corridors. The location of Misiones is strategic because it allows to take advantage of the bi-oceanic corridor, not only to give Paraguay’s products access to the sea, but also to connect international trade between Chile and Brazil. Due to the Province’s location, the COSIPLAN corridors that include Misiones, based on works planning, are MCC (Mercosur-Chile), HPP (Paraguay-Paraná Waterway), and IOC (Central Interoceanic Corridor).
  5. Growing demand for logistics services. Thanks to new investments that will strengthen the forest products industry and the progress of renewable energy projects, the Province of Misiones will see an increase in the demand for cargo transportation and, therefore, further investments in logistics and transportation will be required.
Additional Information

The following graph shows the distance between Posadas and other cities in the region.

The following graph shows the layout of National Roads Nos. 12 and 14 and Provincial Road No. 2, which cross the Province from north to south.

The following graph shows the main works on provincial roads under the charge of the Roads Administration Office in order to improve connectivity within the Province.

The following graph shows the planned layout of the railroad and its future integration into the Urquiza branch line.

Some of the companies that have chosen Misiones for their logistics projects are:

For further information about the strengths of Misiones in terms of transportation and logistics, visit:

  1. Provincial Roads Administration Office http://www.dpv.misiones.gov.ar/
  2. Infrastructure and Planning Council http://www.iirsa.org/
  3. For further information about the business opportunities related to Transportation and Logistics, send an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  4. For a thorough description of the Capricorn Axis according to the COSIPLAN classification, visit https://www.flipsnack.com/IIRSA/caracterizacion-del-eje-capricornio.html
  5. To know more about what’s happening in the Province in terms of logistics and transportation, visit http://www.encuentropymes.misiones.gov.ar/disertaciones/salas-sectoriales/44-salas-sectoriales/201-pymes-en-logistica-y-transporte-articulacionn-intermodal

 

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For further information about any of the abovementioned projects, don’t hesitate to contact us at: inversiones@misiones.gov.ar