▁ ▁Return ▁to ▁growth ▁( 2 0 0 3 ▁- ▁ 2 0 1 5 ) ▁ ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁Edu ardo ▁Du hal de ▁was ▁appointed ▁president , ▁becoming ▁Argentina ' s ▁fifth ▁president ▁in ▁two ▁weeks . ▁Roberto ▁Lav agna , ▁who ▁became ▁Minister ▁of ▁the ▁Econom y ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁was ▁cred ited ▁for ▁the ▁en su ing ▁recovery ▁of ▁the ▁economy , ▁having ▁stabil ised ▁prices ▁and ▁the ▁exchange ▁rate ▁in ▁a ▁moment ▁when ▁Argentina ▁was ▁at ▁risk ▁of ▁hyper infl ation . ▁Since ▁the ▁default ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁growth ▁has ▁res umed , ▁with ▁the ▁Argent ine ▁economy ▁growing ▁by ▁over ▁ 6 % ▁a ▁year ▁for ▁seven ▁of ▁the ▁eight ▁years ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁This ▁was ▁achieved ▁in ▁part ▁because ▁of ▁a ▁comm od ity ▁price ▁bo om , ▁and ▁also ▁because ▁the ▁government ▁managed ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁value ▁of ▁the ▁currency ▁low , ▁boost ing ▁industrial ▁exports . ▁ ▁Kirch ner ▁administration ▁ ▁N ést or ▁Kirch ner ▁became ▁president ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁In ▁the ▁mid - 2 0 0 0 s , ▁export ▁of ▁un process ed ▁so y beans ▁and ▁of ▁so y bean ▁oil ▁and ▁me al ▁generated ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 0 % ▁of ▁Argentina ' s ▁export ▁re venue , ▁triple ▁the ▁joint ▁share ▁of ▁the ▁traditional ▁exports , ▁be ef ▁and ▁whe at . ▁Ex port ▁tax es