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

EXPORTS BY GOOD GROUPS (1997)

	Group	US$ thousands	%
1	Live animals / products	136,683	0.60
2	Vegetable products	177,966	0.78
3	Animal / vegetable fats	7,187	0.03
4	Processed foods / tobacco	330,215	1.44
5	Mineral products	18,366,580	80.25
6	Chemical / industrial products	721,426	3.15
7	Plastics / rubber	315,792	1.38
8	Animal hides / skins	17,313	0.08
9	Wood / wood articles	6,421	0.03
10	Paper / cellulose material	136,901	0.60
11	Textiles	94	0.00
12	Footwear / misc. articles	5,166	0.02
13	Stone / glassware	125,868	0.55
14	Precious / semiprecious materials	13,325	0.06
15	Base metals	1,868,392	8.16
16	Machinery / electrical equipment	138,414	0.60
17	Motor vehicles / vessels	390,859	1.71
18	Precision instruments	9,017	0.04
19	Arms / munitions	289	0.00
20	Misc. manufactured articles	24,619	0.11
21	Art / antiques	107	0.00
22	Other	..	..
	Total	22,886,007	100.00

* Source: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)