Following is detailed information about imports by good groups of Argentina's economy.

IMPORTS BY GOOD GROUPS (1997)

	Group	US$ thousands	%
1	Live animals / products	334,207	1.11
2	Vegetable products	733,321	2.43
3	Animal / vegetable fats	53,976	0.18
4	Processed foods / tobacco	634,865	2.10
5	Mineral products	1,134,570	3.76
6	Chemical / industrial products	4,016,323	13.29
7	Plastics / rubber	1,924,862	6.37
8	Animal hides / skins	81,712	0.27
9	Wood / wood articles	176,054	0.58
10	Paper / cellulose material	1,135,978	3.76
11	Textiles	1,063,315	3.52
12	Footwear / misc. articles	203	0.00
13	Stone / glassware	320,983	1.06
14	Precious / semiprecious materials	15,586	0.05
15	Base metals	2,046,058	6.77
16	Machinery / electrical equipment	9,933,534	32.88
17	Motor vehicles / vessels	4,944,714	16.37
18	Precision instruments	868,094	2.87
19	Arms / munitions	15,209	0.05
20	Misc. manufactured articles	572,426	1.89
21	Art / antiques	2	0.00
22	Other	783	0.00
	Total	30,211,840	100.00

* Source: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)