QUICK GUIDE FOR INVESTORS
I Why invest in Argentina?

1. Favorable environment for foreign investment
- High growth in a stable environment
- Significant purchasing power
- Low Country Risk
- Strong Financial System
- Investor-friendly legislation
- Best Quality of Life in Latin America

2. Strategic geographical location
- Mercosur
- Mercosur external relations
- Mercosur agreements with Chile and Bolivia
- Access to the Andean Community (AC)
- Mercosur and the European Union
- Mercosur and Hemispheric Trade Negotiations

3. Outstanding Quality and Quantity of Productive Resources
- Best educated community in Latin America
- Lowest illiteracy rate in Latin America
- Qualified Workforce, comparable to most developed countries in the world
- The best productivity labor indicators in Latin America
- Long working hours
- Infrastructure
- Telecommunications:
- Roads
- Railways
- Ports
- Airports
- Electricity
- Natural resources.
- Oil and gas
- Arable lands
- Fishing
- Mining
- Forestry
- Changes in productive structure

4. Foreign Companies Trust Argentina
- Long tradition of attracting foreign investment
- Trends in investment by foreign companies over the past 10 years.
- Recent foreign investors.

5. Specific investment incentives


II How to invest in Argentina? What you need to know before investing in Argentina

1. General Information
- Area and population
- Climate
- Political System
- Language
- Currency
- Service rates
- National Holidays

2. Migration regulation

3. Legal structure of companies
- Corporations (“Sociedades Anónimas S.A.”)
- Branches of Foreign Corporations
- Joint Ventures
- Temporary Partnerships
- Temporary union of companies (U.T.E.)
- Franchises

4. Tax Legislation
- National taxes
- Income tax
- Value added tax (VAT)
- Import duties
- Other taxes
- Provincial and municipal taxes

5. Labor legislation
- Length of work contract
- Annual complementary payment (“aguinaldo”)
- Working hours
- Layoff compensation
- Vacation
- Social security system contribution

6. Useful addresses

7. Who are we and how to contact us