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

IMPORTS BY GOOD GROUPS (1997)

	Group	US$ thousands	%
1	Live animals / products	160,036	1.20
2	Vegetable products	661,798	4.98
3	Animal / vegetable fats	149	0.00
4	Processed foods / tobacco	476,615	3.59
5	Mineral products	585,151	4.41
6	Chemical / industrial products	1,555,611	11.71
7	Plastics / rubber	606,543	4.57
8	Animal hides / skins	47,714	0.36
9	Wood / wood articles	33,959	0.26
10	Paper / cellulose material	410,327	3.09
11	Textiles	521,325	3.92
12	Footwear / misc. articles	78,981	0.59
13	Stone / glassware	159,461	1.20
14	Precious / semiprecious materials	8,008	0.06
15	Base metals	1,289,666	9.71
16	Machinery / electrical equipment	4,051,655	30.50
17	Motor vehicles / vessels	1,945,025	14.64
18	Precision instruments	347,793	2.62
19	Arms / munitions	16,386	0.12
20	Misc. manufactured articles	175,581	1.32
21	Art / antiques	2,198	0.02
22	Other	8	0.00
	Total	13,283,121	100.00

* Source: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)