Industrial

The industrial profile of the Capital Federal changed drastically with the modernisation of processes, generating a recession of textile and food industry and an increase of metallurgical, automotive and equipment industry. This change caused a decrease in the amount of facilities from 40,080 in 1954 to 28,838 in 1974. In 1985, the amount of industries decreased to 15,864, and in 1994, to 15,644. Almost all the growth in the manufacturing sector after the 60s was produced in the "belt" of Gran Buenos Aires. Facing the urban growth, the industry migrated to the periphery. Within the Capital Federal, the facilities tend to nucleate in a few neighbourhoods for some textile and chemical industries.
In the 60s, the value of the manufacturing production of the province of Buenos Aires got to be three times greater the value of agricultural and livestock production. In 1985, the amount of industrial facilities was 27,904, having reached the amount 75,580 by the end of the 60s, giving evidence of the recession in this productive sector of the economy. From 1985 to 1994, the reduction in the amount of industries in the whole province of Buenos Aires has been of around 11%, being 25,894 the number of industrial facilities in the area of Gran Buenos Aires.

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