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

IMPORTS BY GOOD GROUPS (1997)

	Group	US$ thousands	%
1	Live animals / products	147,673	0.95
2	Vegetable products	972,297	6.28
3	Animal / vegetable fats	126,974	0.82
4	Processed foods / tobacco	519,779	3.36
5	Mineral products	537,317	3.47
6	Chemical / industrial products	2,357,596	15.23
7	Plastics / rubber	874	0.01
8	Animal hides / skins	39,435	0.25
9	Wood / wood articles	34	0.00
10	Paper / cellulose material	517,554	3.34
11	Textiles	663,706	4.29
12	Footwear / misc. articles	52,063	0.34
13	Stone / glassware	19,069	0.12
14	Precious / semiprecious materials	17,661	0.11
15	Base metals	1,249,528	8.07
16	Machinery / electrical equipment	4,314,511	27.88
17	Motor vehicles / vessels	1,753,494	11.33
18	Precision instruments	493,397	3.19
19	Arms / munitions	57,072	0.37
20	Misc. manufactured articles	192,356	1.24
21	Art / antiques	61,023	0.39
22	Other	304,656	1.97
	Total	15,476,732	100.00

* Source: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)