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Following is detailed information about imports by good
groups of Brazil's economy.
| IMPORTS BY GOOD GROUPS (1997) |
|
Group |
US$ thousands |
% |
| 1 |
Live
animals / products |
1,232,731 |
2.01 |
| 2 |
Vegetable
products |
2,796,881 |
4.56 |
| 3 |
Animal /
vegetable fats |
326 |
0.00 |
| 4 |
Processed
foods / tobacco |
1,327,508 |
2.16 |
| 5 |
Mineral
products |
7,653,528 |
12.47 |
| 6 |
Chemical
/ industrial products |
8,105,811 |
13.21 |
| 7 |
Plastics
/ rubber |
2,725,619 |
4.44 |
| 8 |
Animal
hides / skins |
239,209 |
0.39 |
| 9 |
Wood /
wood articles |
126,451 |
0.21 |
| 10 |
Paper /
cellulose material |
1,476,292 |
2.41 |
| 11 |
Textiles |
2,418,286 |
3.94 |
| 12 |
Footwear
/ misc. articles |
244,227 |
0.40 |
| 13 |
Stone /
glassware |
510,046 |
0.83 |
| 14 |
Precious
/ semiprecious materials |
112,991 |
0.18 |
| 15 |
Base
metals |
2,923,783 |
4.77 |
| 16 |
Machinery
/ electrical equipment |
19,775,012 |
32.23 |
| 17 |
Motor
vehicles / vessels |
6,455,849 |
10.52 |
| 18 |
Precision
instruments |
2,257,232 |
3.68 |
| 19 |
Arms /
munitions |
8,936 |
0.01 |
| 20 |
Misc.
manufactured articles |
628,505 |
1.02 |
| 21 |
Art /
antiques |
7,378 |
0.01 |
| 22 |
Other |
.. |
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Total |
61,352,405 |
100.00 |
* Source: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
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