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

IMPORTS BY GOOD GROUPS (1997)

	Group	US$ thousands	%
1	Live animals / products	31,506	0.64
2	Vegetable products	231,613	4.68
3	Animal / vegetable fats	42,861	0.87
4	Processed foods / tobacco	211,511	4.27
5	Mineral products	467,342	9.44
6	Chemical / industrial products	761,025	15.37
7	Plastics / rubber	327,636	6.62
8	Animal hides / skins	7,188	0.15
9	Wood / wood articles	5,091	0.10
10	Paper / cellulose material	171,226	3.46
11	Textiles	189,635	3.83
12	Footwear / misc. articles	32,354	0.65
13	Stone / glassware	87,467	1.77
14	Precious / semiprecious materials	2,488	0.05
15	Base metals	461,529	9.32
16	Machinery / electrical equipment	1,224,794	24.74
17	Motor vehicles / vessels	519,736	10.50
18	Precision instruments	75	0.00
19	Arms / munitions	1,459	0.03
20	Misc. manufactured articles	92,113	1.86
21	Art / antiques	268	0.01
22	Other	7,574	0.15
	Total	4,951,166	100.00

* Source: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)