The Regional Economies Traffic Light of CONINAGRO kept yerba mate and cassava in red during June 2026. Tobacco and forestry remained in yellow. For Misiones, the combination reflects different difficulties in four key chains: insufficient prices for the producer, market weakness, increasing external purchases, and costs rising faster than primary incomes.
The survey analyzes 19 activities through three components: business, production, and market. Four were marked green, eight yellow, and seven red. The only change compared to the previous assessment was the shift of peanuts from red to yellow. Along with yerba mate and cassava, the critical group included rice, wine and must, vegetables, cotton, and milk; cattle, sheep, grains, and honey were marked green.
Yerba mate accumulated 27 consecutive months in the red since April of 2024. In June, the producer received around 260.000 pesos per ton of green leaf, a real year-on-year drop of 13%. The average of the last five years, measured in constant values, was close to 632.000 pesos. The area remained at 231.000 hectares and annual production reached 856.000 tons.
Domestic consumption of yerba was around 6 kilos per inhabitant per year. Exports generated USD 128 million, 12,6% more, while imports fell 9% to USD 20,5 million. However, in May the producer received 15% of the final price paid by the consumer, eight points less than the historical average of 23% for that month.
Cassava showed a different structure. The bag of 40 kilos was paid 28.190 pesos and increased 137% nominal year-on-year, but the market remained weak. There were no exports revenue in the last twelve months and imports reached USD 7,5 million, 223% more. In the first semester they totaled USD 5 million, 113% above the historical average.
Tobacco and forestry turned yellow because their prices rose below inflation and lost competitiveness against internal costs and exchange rates. The traffic light summarizes trends and does not mean that all producers are experiencing the same situation. In Misiones, the snapshot shows that a specific export improvement did not offset the deterioration of primary income nor the import pressure on other chains.
