Following is detailed information about exports by good groups of Brazil's economy.

EXPORTS BY GOOD GROUPS (1997)

	Group	US$ thousands	%
1	Live animals / products	1,499,006	2.83
2	Vegetable products	5,756,787	10.87
3	Animal / vegetable fats	750,923	1.42
4	Processed foods / tobacco	8,587,095	16.21
5	Mineral products	3,549,562	6.70
6	Chemical / industrial products	2,991,897	5.65
7	Plastics / rubber	1,604,826	3.03
8	Animal hides / skins	808,894	1.53
9	Wood / wood articles	1,219,812	2.30
10	Paper / cellulose material	2,020,861	3.81
11	Textiles	1,266,925	2.39
12	Footwear / misc. articles	1,598,159	3.02
13	Stone / glassware	707	0.00
14	Precious / semiprecious materials	672,665	1.27
15	Base metals	6,346,198	11.98
16	Machinery / electrical equipment	6,313,742	11.92
17	Motor vehicles / vessels	5,619,669	10.61
18	Precision instruments	279,432	0.53
19	Arms / munitions	60,346	0.11
20	Misc. manufactured articles	516,688	0.98
21	Art / antiques	825	0.00
22	Other	806,941	1.52
	Total	52,978,673	100.00

* Source: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)