Natural resources: Fertile plains (pampas); minerals--lead, zinc,
tin, copper, iron, manganese, oil, and uranium.
Agriculture (8% of GDP; including agribusiness, about 47% of exports
by value): Products--grains, oilseeds and by-products, livestock products.
Industry (22.2% of GDP): Types--food processing, oil refining, machinery
and equipment, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals.
Trade: Exports ($46.6 billion in 2006)--oilseed by-products, cars,
vegetable oils, fuels, grains.
Major markets--MERCOSUR 21%; EU 18%; NAFTA 13%.
Imports ($34.2 billion in 2006)--machinery, vehicles and transport products,
chemicals. Major suppliers--MERCOSUR 37%; EU 17%, NAFTA 16%.
Imports from the United States totaled 12% of Argentine imports.
