CONTENTS

Tables

A2.1 (1) Gross Domestic Fixed Investment: Public and Private: In millions of Pesos at current prices
A2.1 (2) Gross Domestic Fixed Investment: Public and Private: In millions of Pesos at 1993 prices

A2.2 (1) Gross Domestic Investment in Private and Public Constructions: In millions of Pesos at current prices
A2.2 (2) Gross Domestic Investment in Private and Public Constructions: In millions of Pesos at 1993 prices

A2.3 (1) Gross Domestic Investment in Private and Public Durable Production Equipment: In millions of Pesos at current prices
A2.3 (2) Gross Domestic Investment in Private and Public Durable Production Equipment: In millions of Pesos at 1993 prices

A2.4 Imports of capital goods by productive sector

A2.5 Synthetic Indicator of Construction Activity (SICA)

A2.6 Area to be built by Building Permit - 42 municipals

A2.7 (1) Imports of capital goods by productive sector (breakdown by type of good)
A2.7 (2) Continuation
A2.7 (3) Continuation
A2.7 (4) Continuation
A2.7 (5) Continuation
A2.7 (6) Continuation
A2.7 (7) Continuation
of Pesos at current prices
of Pesos at 1993 prices
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Table A2.1
Gross Domestic Fixed Investment: Public and Private (*)

a) In millions of Pesos at current prices

Yaer Public GDFI Private GDFI TOTAL

1993 4,005 41,064 45,069

1994 4,575 46,756 51,331
1995 3,912 42,374 46,285
1996 3,131 46,080 49,211
1997 4,417 52,310 56,727
1998 4,593 55,002 59,595
1999 4,546 46,528 51,074
2000 2,962 43,058 46,020
2001 2,770 35,329 38,099
2002 2,194 35,192 37,387
2003 4,470 52,433 56,903
2004 7,742 78,058 85,800
2005 12,593 101,540 114,132

b) Y/Y percentage change

Yaer Public GDFI Private GDFI TOTAL

1994 14.2% 13.9% 13.9%

1995 -14.5% -9.4% -9.8%
1996 -20.0% 8.7% 6.3%
1997 41.1% 13.5% 15.3%
1998 4.0% 5.1% 5.1%
1999 -1.0% -15.4% -14.3%
2000 -34.8% -7.5% -9.9%
2001 -6.5% -18.0% -17.2%
2002 -20.8% -0.4% -1.9%
2003 103.7% 49.0% 52.2%
2004 73.2% 48.9% 50.8%
2005 62.6% 30.1% 33.0%

(*) Preliminary figures.

Source: National Bureau of National Accounts.
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Table A2.1
Gross Domestic Fixed Investment: Public and Private (*)

a) In millions of Pesos at 1993 prices

Yaer Public GDFI Private GDFI TOTAL

1993 4,005 41,064 45,069

1994 4,485 46,746 51,231
1995 3,761 40,767 44,528
1996 3,138 45,346 48,484
1997 4,493 52,555 57,047
1998 4,691 56,090 60,781
1999 4,662 48,454 53,116
2000 3,105 46,397 49,502
2001 2,937 38,812 41,750
2002 1,722 24,811 26,533
2003 3,108 33,551 36,659
2004 4,748 44,532 49,280
2005 6,807 53,651 60,458

b) Y/Y percentage change

Yaer Public GDFI Private GDFI TOTAL

1994 12.0% 13.8% 13.7%

1995 -16.1% -12.8% -13.1%
1996 -16.6% 11.2% 8.9%
1997 43.2% 15.9% 17.7%
1998 4.4% 6.7% 6.5%
1999 -0.6% -13.6% -12.6%
2000 -33.4% -4.2% -6.8%
2001 -5.4% -16.3% -15.7%
2002 -41.4% -36.1% -36.4%
2003 80.5% 35.2% 38.2%
2004 52.8% 32.7% 34.4%
2005 43.4% 20.5% 22.7%

(*) Preliminary figures.

Source: National Bureau of National Accounts.
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Table A2.2
Gross Domestic Investment in Private and Public Constructions

a) In millions of Pesos at current prices

GDI in Private
from
Year TOTAL Constructions National (6) from province
municipality
(1) (2) (3) (4)

1993 27,786 24,447 707 1,716 917

1994 30,534 26,673 780 2,050 1,031
1995 29,203 25,811 513 2,054 825
1996 30,285 27,665 492 1,485 644
1997 33,858 30,030 591 2,305 933
1998 35,532 31,678 626 2,083 1,145
1999 31,499 27,603 494 2,259 1,143
2000 28,862 26,357 351 1,392 762
2001 25,428 23,018 268 1,415 727
2002 23,086 21,236 249 1,092 510
2003 35,325 31,408 608 2,436 873
2004 50,522 43,708 1,315 4,198 1,301
2005 68,952 57,657 2,412 7,339 1,544

(*) Preliminary figures.

Source: National Bureau of National Accounts.

(1) It includes Transference Costs of New and Used Buildings

(2) It includes houses with public and private financing and expenses in improvements of houses on the part of the household.
(3) It includes non Residential Construction, Private Infrastructure Works (It includes Public companies Privatized) and Expenses in Improvements o
(4) It includes Mining and Oil Exploration, Farming Constructions, Constructions by Own Account of Productive Units, Cost of Transference of New a
(5) It excludes Houses with public financing
(6) It includes constructions expenses made by the National Universities
 b) Y/Y percentage change

GDI in Private
GDI in Public
Constructions
Constructions Year TOTAL National (6) from province
(1) (2) (3)
(5)
(4)
3,339
3,861 1994 9.9% 9.1% 10.4% 19.5%
3,392 1995 -4.4% -3.2% -34.3% 0.2%
2,620 1996 3.7% 7.2% -4.1% -27.7%
3,828 1997 11.8% 8.5% 20.1% 55.2%
3,854 1998 4.9% 5.5% 6.0% -9.6%
3,895 1999 -11.4% -12.9% -21.1% 8.4%
2,505 2000 -8.4% -4.5% -29.0% -38.4%
2,410 2001 -11.9% -12.7% -23.4% 1.6%
1,851 2002 -9.2% -7.7% -7.4% -22.8%
3,916 2003 53.0% 47.9% 144.4% 123.0%
6,814 2004 43.0% 39.2% 116.5% 72.3%
11,294 2005 36.5% 31.9% 83.4% 74.8%

n the part of the household.

nies Privatized) and Expenses in Improvements of Buildings of non Residential Use
f Productive Units, Cost of Transference of New and Used Buildings
 GDI in Public
from
Constructions
municipality
(5)

12.4% 15.6%
-20.0% -12.2%
-21.9% -22.8%
44.9% 46.1%
22.8% 0.7%
-0.2% 1.1%
-33.3% -35.7%
-4.6% -3.8%
-29.9% -23.2%
71.3% 111.6%
49.0% 74.0%
18.7% 65.8%
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Table A2.2
Gross Domestic Investment in Private and Public Constructions (*)

a) In millions of Pesos at 1993 prices

GDI in Private
GDI in Public
Constructions from
Year TOTAL National (6) from province Constructions
(1) (2) (3) municipality
(5)
(4)
1993 27,786 24,447 707 1,716 917 3,339
1994 30,530 26,755 762 2,004 1,008 3,774
1995 27,511 24,268 490 1,964 788 3,243
1996 29,222 26,605 491 1,483 643 2,618
1997 33,338 29,456 599 2,338 946 3,882
1998 35,270 31,363 634 2,112 1,161 3,908
1999 31,444 27,502 500 2,286 1,157 3,942
2000 29,773 27,193 361 1,433 785 2,579
2001 26,962 24,445 280 1,478 759 2,517
2002 18,283 16,759 205 899 420 1,524
2003 24,675 21,874 434 1,742 624 2,800
2004 31,037 26,770 824 2,629 815 4,268
2005 37,386 31,241 1,312 3,992 840 6,144

(*) Preliminary figures.

Source: National Bureau of National Accounts.

(1) It includes Transference Costs of New and Used Buildings

(2) It includes houses with public and private financing and expenses in improvements of houses on the part of the household.
(3) It includes non Residential Construction, Private Infrastructure Works (It includes Public companies Privatized) and Expenses in Improvements of Bui
(4) It includes Mining and Oil Exploration, Farming Constructions, Constructions by Own Account of Productive Units, Cost of Transference of New and U
(5) It excludes Houses with public financing
(6) It includes constructions expenses made by the National Universities
 b) Y/Y percentage change

GDI in Private
Constructions from
Year TOTAL National (6) from province
(1) (2) (3) municipality
(4)

1994 9.9% 9.4% 7.9% 16.8% 9.9%

1995 -9.9% -9.3% -35.7% -2.0% -21.8%
1996 6.2% 9.6% 0.2% -24.5% -18.4%
1997 14.1% 10.7% 21.9% 57.6% 47.1%
1998 5.8% 6.5% 5.9% -9.6% 22.8%
1999 -10.8% -12.3% -21.2% 8.2% -0.4%
2000 -5.3% -1.1% -27.8% -37.3% -32.1%
2001 -9.4% -10.1% -22.3% 3.1% -3.3%
2002 -32.2% -31.4% -27.0% -39.1% -44.7%
2003 35.0% 30.5% 112.3% 93.7% 48.8%
2004 25.8% 22.4% 89.6% 50.9% 30.5%
2005 20.5% 16.7% 59.3% 51.9% 3.1%

Expenses in Improvements of Buildings of non Residential Use

Cost of Transference of New and Used Buildings
 GDI in Public
Constructions
(5)

13.0%
-14.1%
-19.3%
48.3%
0.7%
0.9%
-34.6%
-2.4%
-39.5%
83.8%
52.4%
44.0%
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Table A2.3
Gross Domestic Investment in Private and Public Durable Production Equipment (*)

a) In millions of Pesos at current prices

Period Durable production equipment

GDI in Private GDI in Public Durable Production Equipment

TOTAL Durable Production
Year Equipment Nation Province Municipalities Total

1993 17,283 16,617 327 205 135 666

1994 20,797 20,083 352 232 130 714
1995 17,082 16,562 198 220 102 520
1996 18,926 18,415 193 209 108 511
1997 22,869 22,280 206 250 134 589
1998 24,063 23,324 280 296 163 739
1999 19,575 18,925 241 269 140 650
2000 17,158 16,701 156 184 117 457
2001 12,671 12,311 91 157 112 360
2002 14,300 13,957 162 114 67 344
2003 21,578 21,025 270 210 74 554
2004 35,278 34,350 477 335 117 928
2005 45,181 43,883 609 559 130 1,298

(*) Preliminary figures.

Source: National Bureau of National Accounts.
b) Y/Y percentage change

Period Durable production equipment

GDI in Private GDI in Public Durable Production Equipment

TOTAL Durable Production
Year Equipment Nation Province Municipalities

1994 20% 21% 8% 13% -4%

1995 -18% -18% -44% -5% -22%
1996 11% 11% -2% -5% 6%
1997 21% 21% 6% 19% 24%
1998 5% 5% 36% 18% 22%
1999 -19% -19% -14% -9% -14%
2000 -12% -12% -35% -32% -16%
2001 -26% -26% -42% -15% -5%
2002 13% 13% 78% -27% -40%
2003 51% 51% 66% 84% 10%
2004 63% 63% 77% 59% 58%
2005 28% 28% 28% 67% 11%
oduction Equipment

Total

7%
-27%
-2%
15%
25%
-12%
-30%
-21%
-5%
61%
68%
40%
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Table A2.3
Gross Domestic Investment in Private and Public Durable Production Equipment (*)

a) In millions of Pesos at 1993 prices

Period Durable production equipment

GDI in Private GDI in Public Durable Production Equipment

TOTAL Durable Production
Year Equipment Nation Province Municipalities Total

1993 17,283 16,617 327 205 135 666

1994 20,702 19,991 351 231 129 711
1995 17,017 16,500 197 219 101 518
1996 19,261 18,741 197 213 110 520
1997 23,709 23,098 213 259 139 611
1998 25,510 24,727 297 314 173 783
1999 21,672 20,952 267 298 155 720
2000 19,729 19,204 179 212 135 526
2001 14,788 14,368 106 183 130 420
2002 8,250 8,052 93 66 39 198
2003 11,985 11,677 150 117 41 308
2004 18,242 17,762 246 173 61 480
2005 23,073 22,410 311 286 67 663

(*) Preliminary figures.

Source: National Bureau of National Accounts.
b) Y/Y percentage change

Period Durable production equipment

GDI in Private GDI in Public Durable Production Equipment

TOTAL Durable Production
Year Equipment Nation Province Municipalities

1994 20% 20% 7% 13% -4%

1995 -18% -17% -44% -5% -22%
1996 13% 14% 0% -3% 9%
1997 23% 23% 8% 22% 26%
1998 8% 7% 39% 21% 24%
1999 -15% -15% -10% -5% -10%
2000 -9% -8% -33% -29% -13%
2001 -25% -25% -41% -13% -3%
2002 -44% -44% -12% -64% -70%
2003 45% 45% 60% 77% 6%
2004 52% 52% 65% 48% 47%
2005 26% 26% 26% 65% 10%
oduction Equipment

Total

7%
-27%
0%
17%
28%
-8%
-27%
-20%
-53%
55%
56%
38%
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TABLE A2.1
Imports of capital goods by productive sector (1)
In thousand of dollars

Period Total imports Agri- Manufac- Electricity gas Construction Transport

culture turing industry and water

1989 744,732 21,940 371,886 66,136 60,301 51,304

1990 635,452 25,265 305,312 60,428 53,921 44,501
1991 1,435,022 43,148 642,044 113,918 98,479 80,225
1992 3,095,208 78,070 1,230,129 201,832 223,298 409,588
1993 4,115,393 98,443 1,552,423 263,291 327,112 605,672
1994 6,037,845 178,298 1,991,009 370,495 491,488 1,180,135
1995 4,745,649 150,274 1,838,865 334,490 357,734 686,667
I 1,373,555 44,414 549,453 86,680 114,230 200,377
II 1,017,328 30,300 353,814 80,501 87,531 138,523
III 1,093,970 22,688 409,457 76,250 70,546 209,508
IV 1,260,796 52,872 526,141 91,060 85,427 138,259
1996 5,606,881 259,144 2,120,437 384,618 420,001 930,308
I 1,160,936 58,516 452,311 78,035 86,916 143,977
II 1,336,156 49,099 459,603 93,055 98,648 282,968
III 1,480,695 67,805 564,903 104,960 113,047 267,890
IV 1,629,094 83,724 643,620 108,567 121,389 235,473
1997 7,717,858 314,142 2,504,466 515,632 600,591 1,494,851
I 1,659,909 98,113 576,507 107,578 121,256 334,776
II 1,827,174 63,187 595,061 125,373 140,352 395,173
III 2,038,253 57,486 654,015 146,215 180,861 377,983
IV 2,192,522 95,356 678,883 136,466 158,122 386,919
1998 8,499,870 330,113 2,726,640 550,296 625,656 1,982,339
I 2,170,065 103,268 661,142 127,981 163,604 473,661
II 2,250,772 82,548 711,241 139,522 162,696 571,109
III 2,093,981 72,085 690,385 150,614 149,391 510,877
IV 1,985,053 72,212 663,872 132,179 149,965 426,692
1999 6,748,017 130,748 1,863,179 458,909 565,894 1,643,513
I 1,554,838 57,464 500,493 116,405 125,618 364,194
II 1,649,653 23,813 436,998 110,582 125,960 465,861
III 1,847,382 21,939 471,323 112,448 187,115 497,553
IV 1,696,143 27,532 454,365 119,474 127,202 315,905
2000 5,886,610 99,878 1,630,188 434,045 340,353 971,519
I 1,394,623 31,108 409,901 106,725 94,636 225,605
II 1,413,599 20,042 370,369 104,238 75,238 257,530
III 1,586,018 20,336 460,749 113,039 90,793 217,855
IV 1,492,369 28,392 389,169 110,043 79,686 270,529
2001 4,182,335 112,584 1,367,748 344,311 346,148 645,817
I 1,189,799 29,913 351,167 101,319 89,671 189,488
II 1,232,133 30,385 381,182 99,189 109,498 221,747
III 1,016,875 21,911 385,886 81,655 88,597 128,711
IV 743,529 30,375 249,513 62,149 58,383 105,872
2002 1,294,626 37,249 459,577 110,785 139,620 299,984
I 342,666 8,444 148,324 32,471 22,276 57,151
II 297,610 5,286 102,555 22,586 26,444 87,746
III 268,098 5,575 107,680 25,320 39,356 32,662
IV 386,252 17,945 101,018 30,406 51,544 122,425
 2003 2,500,601 267,837 712,346 192,161 216,961 471,519
I 404,719 45,329 120,364 30,793 42,448 95,944
II 508,500 52,359 145,064 44,498 40,842 106,442
III 635,126 74,690 176,642 54,034 47,216 127,736
IV 952,256 95,460 270,277 62,837 86,455 141,396
2004 5,331,098 425,470 1,240,020 309,524 423,740 1,234,427
I 1,163,098 113,085 245,040 61,371 75,686 392,353
II 1,129,882 89,199 263,865 73,724 123,756 196,511
III 1,417,666 96,923 327,591 83,388 106,555 325,453
IV 1,620,452 126,263 403,525 91,041 117,744 320,110
2005 7,011,287 371,749 1,590,685 423,011 621,821 1,678,924
I 1,293,902 81,849 345,216 78,715 135,039 260,884
II 1,757,973 73,483 381,173 98,780 145,691 487,303
III 1,836,443 91,071 407,905 132,449 172,877 358,689
IV 2,122,969 125,346 456,392 113,067 168,214 572,047
2006 8,378,891 378,637 1,981,515 537,143 793,133 1,818,473
I 1,711,898 122,427 439,145 104,375 156,341 334,459
II 1,914,469 79,237 444,703 116,794 183,376 418,473
III 2,298,115 78,971 494,893 141,834 219,434 583,523
IV 2,454,410 98,002 602,774 174,140 233,982 482,018

(1) Figures subject to change

Source: Secretariat of Economic Policy, on data from INDEC.
Commerce, Communi- Health Research Mining Others
banking and cations unclassified
insurance
69,871 51,271 25,412 10,465 3,328 12,818
56,123 41,850 23,574 9,620 2,967 11,892
156,042 182,101 69,875 21,280 3,182 24,738
273,219 460,003 149,928 20,534 10,975 37,631
378,423 662,036 139,904 25,214 14,353 48,523
550,589 924,020 219,449 35,132 25,169 72,063
403,893 685,863 153,729 31,427 16,384 86,323
103,518 188,958 50,210 7,733 5,287 22,695
87,366 173,439 37,532 8,269 3,564 16,490
96,948 143,374 30,754 7,543 2,627 24,275
116,060 180,093 35,233 7,882 4,906 22,862
463,259 752,874 165,636 34,220 24,128 52,256
88,222 198,026 35,646 6,216 3,536 9,535
109,071 180,559 38,843 8,663 5,857 9,791
118,844 169,508 42,184 9,187 6,611 15,756
147,122 204,781 48,963 10,154 8,125 17,174
608,528 1,314,702 223,954 42,258 28,008 70,726
114,128 228,917 46,326 8,366 6,666 17,275
148,771 278,228 51,755 10,479 3,886 14,911
172,560 343,680 65,857 11,885 9,252 18,457
173,068 463,877 60,016 11,528 8,204 20,083
621,084 1,274,254 235,733 41,719 34,971 77,066
147,706 400,932 58,019 9,779 8,787 15,185
165,371 327,559 52,697 10,181 11,103 16,745
150,742 262,758 65,977 10,517 6,696 23,938
157,265 283,005 59,040 11,242 8,385 21,198
577,158 1,187,241 198,059 39,107 24,438 59,768
118,396 197,988 49,721 8,651 3,705 12,203
142,416 258,083 57,313 9,645 4,986 13,994
158,790 315,065 45,981 10,286 10,529 16,355
157,556 416,106 45,045 10,524 5,218 17,216
543,052 1,519,279 215,169 40,478 30,445 62,203
117,774 325,089 43,420 9,478 14,284 16,604
129,725 343,726 82,095 10,198 6,789 13,651
146,748 457,998 48,266 10,130 3,806 16,297
148,806 392,466 41,388 10,672 5,566 15,651
429,499 680,869 154,158 31,219 17,149 52,832
112,370 246,246 43,150 8,619 3,852 14,005
120,271 201,849 40,008 8,373 5,677 13,955
109,074 135,571 40,718 7,866 3,306 13,578
87,785 97,203 30,283 6,360 4,314 11,293
84,544 79,451 46,669 8,263 6,237 22,248
25,955 24,955 12,925 2,222 2,275 5,667
14,347 19,432 10,296 1,726 1,987 5,204
19,047 18,245 11,524 1,834 1,197 5,659
25,194 16,819 11,924 2,480 778 5,718
217,134 297,644 72,788 17,022 7,024 28,165
29,220 18,669 13,153 2,713 866 5,222
46,271 46,530 15,096 3,868 1,813 5,718
56,155 61,151 22,849 4,448 3,170 7,036
85,489 171,294 21,690 5,993 1,176 10,189
366,032 1,127,346 112,887 27,808 15,669 48,175
61,743 173,775 23,961 5,388 2,125 8,572
75,399 262,930 24,990 6,204 2,115 11,189
105,097 314,849 31,723 7,456 5,181 13,451
123,793 375,791 32,214 8,760 6,248 14,964
487,621 1,549,384 168,111 33,957 17,151 68,871
93,567 245,517 29,605 6,777 3,616 13,116
116,774 381,833 44,437 8,562 3,654 16,283
134,635 462,990 44,630 9,034 4,853 17,310
142,646 459,043 49,439 9,584 5,028 22,162
576,146 1,900,515 231,616 40,668 27,373 93,672
112,327 355,507 52,048 8,909 3,961 22,399
129,824 457,691 48,456 9,224 6,632 20,058
154,822 519,958 62,592 10,867 6,113 25,108
179,173 567,359 68,520 11,668 10,668 26,107
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TABLE A2.2
Synthetic Indicator of Construction Activity (ISAC)
1997 = 100

ISAC ISAC Components

Period Buildings Oil
original series seasonally adjusted
House Others Constructions

Jan-93 73.3 73.4 76.0 73.0 40.1

Feb-93 72.3 78.4 77.9 68.7 29.4
Mar-93 83.1 78.5 85.4 85.2 46.2
Apr-93 79.0 81.0 81.6 79.4 52.5
May-93 73.8 79.0 76.7 70.6 60.2
Jun-93 75.4 83.1 77.1 74.1 64.6
Jul-93 76.5 81.9 77.2 77.6 52.7
Aug-93 85.8 84.3 89.3 86.2 46.4
Sep-93 93.2 86.2 96.2 91.3 82.9
Oct-93 87.9 80.4 91.9 82.4 86.4
Nov-93 90.8 83.5 94.1 87.6 81.3
Dec-93 86.3 86.3 88.2 83.1 89.0
Jan-94 85.5 88.0 86.7 85.4 71.1
Feb-94 82.6 89.8 85.9 75.0 86.1
Mar-94 97.3 91.2 101.4 94.5 82.2
Apr-94 89.1 91.9 91.3 87.9 80.3
May-94 92.4 96.6 95.5 90.0 84.7
Jun-94 84.9 95.3 87.0 83.6 82.9
Jul-94 89.8 97.3 92.1 87.7 97.6
Aug-94 98.7 94.6 100.1 94.3 122.3
Sep-94 103.0 94.5 106.2 96.8 114.0
Oct-94 101.0 94.8 103.4 96.4 107.5
Nov-94 107.0 96.6 108.1 101.8 118.3
Dec-94 98.2 100.0 101.9 94.0 88.4
Jan-95 95.0 95.4 95.6 93.5 102.9
Feb-95 82.5 90.1 77.2 74.5 186.0
Mar-95 92.8 86.7 90.9 93.8 115.9
Apr-95 72.2 76.9 69.8 70.3 111.6
May-95 79.2 81.1 74.3 80.4 122.6
Jun-95 69.7 77.6 66.8 71.7 91.3
Jul-95 69.0 76.5 65.9 67.7 119.0
Aug-95 74.0 70.3 72.9 70.8 116.4
Sep-95 81.7 75.7 83.4 79.9 85.6
Oct-95 82.0 74.9 82.4 81.6 93.1
Nov-95 81.3 74.4 81.2 75.4 118.8
Dec-95 71.6 73.8 73.8 63.7 99.1
Jan-96 75.6 74.2 78.8 68.9 90.4
Feb-96 71.0 75.5 70.4 70.1 78.5
Mar-96 81.6 78.7 82.4 77.8 97.6
Apr-96 79.1 81.9 80.8 73.5 102.1
May-96 80.7 82.4 79.9 78.5 103.8
Jun-96 71.7 82.8 71.9 71.2 88.5
Jul-96 78.4 82.4 81.0 76.5 76.9
Aug-96 88.0 84.8 87.5 88.8 105.7
Sep-96 87.0 83.4 89.6 85.1 89.2
Oct-96 97.7 86.4 98.4 97.5 105.7
Nov-96 94.8 86.3 95.7 95.2 88.8
Dec-96 83.8 86.2 87.4 79.6 82.2
Jan-97 91.2 88.9 91.9 92.1 78.7
Feb-97 83.1 91.6 80.8 84.6 86.9
Mar-97 89.8 93.2 90.4 87.3 90.6
Apr-97 99.8 97.0 98.9 97.7 119.0
May-97 92.9 97.5 93.7 91.0 107.1
Jun-97 84.1 96.6 85.1 83.0 96.1
Jul-97 98.3 102.2 95.3 100.7 115.6
Aug-97 106.4 103.6 104.8 110.1 101.6
Sep-97 113.4 105.6 114.9 113.0 92.5
Oct-97 125.2 110.7 126.1 125.1 111.5
Nov-97 113.6 106.5 114.2 115.5 101.3
Dec-97 102.2 101.9 103.8 99.9 99.0
Jan-98 107.2 106.9 106.8 103.2 111.4
Feb-98 96.2 106.0 94.4 99.1 87.9
Mar-98 114.9 111.0 114.0 112.4 112.7
Apr-98 100.8 105.2 101.2 97.6 103.0
May-98 97.3 104.4 96.7 96.5 92.8
Jun-98 97.6 107.9 97.2 96.6 99.1
Jul-98 103.8 107.3 103.3 104.4 99.9
Aug-98 113.7 113.5 113.6 116.7 95.3
Sep-98 115.2 105.3 119.6 113.8 82.2
Oct-98 117.1 106.1 120.2 117.2 72.6
Nov-98 110.9 103.6 115.5 109.5 68.3
Dec-98 105.1 103.3 107.8 103.9 79.5
Jan-99 88.8 90.1 92.4 86.2 51.0
Feb-99 92.6 101.9 94.5 91.0 59.3
Mar-99 107.3 101.4 109.6 111.2 57.7
Apr-99 98.6 102.6 99.3 100.5 68.2
May-99 100.6 111.4 99.8 107.3 65.0
Jun-99 97.5 104.9 96.7 103.6 63.8
Jul-99 88.1 92.6 88.2 92.6 55.1
Aug-99 102.1 99.4 100.9 108.0 58.7
Sep-99 108.0 100.5 109.8 110.3 63.2
Oct-99 108.5 100.4 109.7 107.9 80.9
Nov-99 110.5 100.1 114.6 107.1 76.6
Dec-99 100.9 98.1 104.0 100.1 70.6
Jan-00 92.4 96.4 95.8 89.8 65.2
Feb-00 91.3 95.3 92.5 90.2 73.9
Mar-00 101.3 95.2 102.4 100.1 90.7
Apr-00 81.7 88.7 83.3 80.1 79.0
May-00 80.8 85.2 79.8 78.3 105.4
Jun-00 78.0 84.0 75.9 75.2 112.1
Jul-00 79.7 87.1 79.5 79.0 87.2
Aug-00 94.1 89.2 94.1 92.8 106.8
Sep-00 96.5 89.8 97.5 94.1 106.9
Oct-00 92.7 86.6 94.5 87.2 110.3
Nov-00 98.8 89.2 102.0 91.9 113.6
Dec-00 93.5 93.3 95.8 85.9 125.9
Jan-01 91.7 91.2 92.3 88.3 107.2
Feb-01 84.2 92.1 84.7 82.4 103.6
Mar-01 89.1 85.5 88.4 85.2 120.6
Apr-01 80.2 87.2 78.5 77.5 108.7
May-01 82.4 85.8 81.5 78.5 115.4
Jun-01 79.2 85.5 76.5 76.9 120.6
Jul-01 82.9 88.5 81.8 81.0 112.6
Aug-01 83.1 79.1 83.5 77.6 117.5
Sep-01 77.3 74.3 77.8 71.9 102.8
Oct-01 77.9 71.3 79.8 71.5 97.9
Nov-01 78.3 70.2 77.4 73.0 100.2
Dec-01 60.4 61.7 62.1 54.7 75.7
Jan-02 52.0 51.2 52.0 49.7 69.2
Feb-02 46.8 51 44.5 48.7 58.7
Mar-02 55.4 56.8 54.4 54.6 75.5
Apr-02 53.5 53.6 53.6 50.9 76.0
May-02 53.6 55.3 51.4 52.3 90.3
Jun-02 51.0 56.8 48.9 50.6 80.0
Jul-02 53.9 56.2 53.1 50.4 94.0
Aug-02 60.9 59.5 61.4 57.1 87.6
Sep-02 61.8 59.5 62.7 57.4 87.6
Oct-02 67.2 61 70.0 61.6 80.8
Nov-02 69.0 62.2 73.0 60.0 89.3
Dec-02 68.2 68 70.8 59.3 112.5
Jan-03 71.8 70.5 75.4 66.8 80.0
Feb-03 65.8 71.7 67.4 61.4 90.1
Mar-03 72.4 72.8 73.7 68.7 93.7
Apr-03 75.4 77.9 77.1 70.6 106.3
May-03 72.5 75.6 73.3 69.9 102.6
Jun-03 69.4 77.1 70.0 66.5 98.9
Jul-03 77.3 80.2 79.2 73.4 103.7
Aug-03 78.8 78.4 82.0 74.8 92.2
Sep-03 89.8 84 92.7 86.7 95.8
Oct-03 96.5 87.1 100.4 91.9 100.0
Nov-03 95.8 89.2 100.3 90.3 102.1
Dec-03 89.9 87.3 92.9 86.7 97.9
Jan-04 91.3 91.1 92.0 90.0 102.7
Feb-04 86.4 92.6 86.7 84.0 103.6
Mar-04 102.2 98.2 102.2 99.5 126.0
Apr-04 87.4 91 87.7 86.3 111.9
May-04 89.3 96.3 88.0 89.4 120.9
Jun-04 89.4 94.6 87.3 88.9 130.6
Jul-04 90.5 95.5 90.5 89.0 121.8
Aug-04 91.3 91.1 93.4 87.4 110.5
Sep-04 102.8 96.1 104.9 98.9 113.9
Oct-04 103.6 96.3 105.3 100.3 115.9
Nov-04 107.3 97.1 109.8 102.0 120.1
Dec-04 102.9 99.6 105.8 96.6 121.3
Jan-05 97.1 100.7 98.0 93.9 103.4
Feb-05 92.4 101.4 92.2 91.4 98.3
Mar-05 100.2 100.3 98.5 99.1 126.5
Apr-05 102.5 102.8 99.6 101.2 143.8
May-05 98.8 103.7 93.3 101.0 139.3
Jun-05 97.8 105.6 98.2 96.2 123.8
Jul-05 100.0 106.4 98.2 102.2 113.8
Aug-05 114.9 112 112.7 117.1 130.5
Sep-05 122.7 113.3 120.8 126.1 125.7
Oct-05 124.0 117.2 124.8 127.4 107.6
Nov-05 133.6 118.9 136.6 132.7 121.4
Dec-05 125.8 120.4 127.9 125.5 125.8
Jan-06 114.7 117.3 113.4 117.0 122.1
 Feb-06 110.9 120.6 109.6 113.1 118.6
Mar-06 123.4 121.8 122.0 127.4 116.6
Apr-06 117.4 125.4 115.2 122.4 121.0
May-06 126.2 129.7 121.9 133.2 139.7
Jun-06 122.2 130.1 119.5 127.9 146.6
Jul-06 124.1 132.4 123.2 129.0 123.1
Aug-06 135.1 130.9 134.0 140.2 129.7
Sep-06 137.4 127.5 137.8 143.4 127.5
Oct-06 134.8 125.9 136.4 137.2 132.2
Nov-06 144.0 128.5 144.8 148.7 114.4
Dec-06 122.7 126.1 121.9 127.6 111.5
Jan-07 123.8 124.8 122.8 127.8 118.3

(*) Series of some inputs for construction are available in Tables A1.16
(production of paints for construction, cement and iron rod for
concrete) and A1.17 (sales of cement to domestic market and asphalt) of
Level of Activity Chapter.
Source: INDEC [National Institute of Statistics and Census]
AC Components
Road Other infrastructure
works works

75.4 73.4
70.0 70.0
82.1 85.3
79.2 75.8
72.4 71.0
75.3 73.2
78.3 80.6
82.1 87.3
84.9 91.1
78.6 82.8
82.5 88.2
79.6 84.8
87.8 85.1
80.3 78.0
90.9 91.6
86.7 84.7
86.8 86.6
77.1 81.8
79.1 85.0
90.4 93.1
95.3 96.0
99.2 94.0
109.4 103.1
92.4 94.3
91.5 93.0
75.5 80.8
89.5 92.7
69.7 71.1
81.2 81.5
68.9 72.8
63.4 68.7
66.3 70.3
76.3 77.7
79.8 76.6
80.5 74.3
67.7 63.4
67.9 68.0
77.1 67.9
85.5 73.4
79.7 68.3
85.7 74.1
69.7 64.8
72.8 72.0
83.2 83.7
76.7 81.3
91.6 94.2
 92.9 92.9
72.6 79.7
93.2 90.4
89.7 86.3
92.5 88.7
102.9 97.1
82.7 91.9
76.2 80.5
98.9 101.3
109.1 108.9
117.5 113.5
127.7 125.6
110.9 114.3
98.8 101.4
120.0 106.3
103.0 100.6
134.7 112.5
109.5 97.3
109.9 96.0
102.1 98.2
108.3 103.7
119.4 114.4
109.3 113.3
121.6 118.2
106.6 111.3
104.9 105.2
82.9 95.4
97.4 97.6
104.4 113.1
103.1 103.0
103.7 107.9
100.4 105.6
89.5 94.2
117.3 109.0
115.8 110.4
115.1 111.2
110.6 110.2
101.5 99.1
92.6 91.4
95.9 91.5
106.2 99.4
74.6 81.1
78.5 80.6
78.4 77.3
76.4 80.8
87.4 95.0
87.3 96.9
85.6 89.0
88.5 93.7
81.8 86.9
88.1 89.5
71.0 84.4
88.4 85.1
80.8 80.2
81.6 79.1
79.6 78.5
78.9 81.0
76.6 78.7
74.6 73.9
74.0 71.4
85.8 76.7
56.9 56.6
45.8 52.4
46.9 50.2
50.1 56.4
46.4 51.3
48.2 54.0
44.8 52.9
41.6 53.4
48.1 60.6
49.5 60.2
55.4 62.8
58.3 60.3
51.9 59.4
56.6 67.5
53.3 61.5
61.6 68.6
62.5 68.3
58.9 67.6
55.2 66.3
58.5 73.7
59.2 75.4
73.9 87.1
79.3 92.1
77.2 87.7
72.9 83.9
84.6 88.2
83.1 83.3
97.9 98.0
79.3 81.4
82.1 86.3
79.1 88.7
73.1 90.1
74.5 89.4
89.6 101.9
92.6 101.1
97.3 103.4
91.3 97.9
95.0 95.9
92.0 92.3
97.9 100.1
99.1 102.9
102.6 103.3
83.1 95.9
90.5 105.9
108.1 120.0
117.5 128.7
114.7 128.5
119.8 133.7
108.9 126.1
108.8 118.0
103.9 115.3
121.6 128.2
110.9 123.8
120.8 134.1
105.7 126.4
110.6 130.0
121.3 143.7
113.0 145.9
110.5 139.2
136.6 150.3
115.1 128.5
117.9 129.3
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TABLE A2.3
Area to be built by Building Permit - 42 municipals
In m2

Period

Jan-00 411,992
Feb-00 390,673
Mar-00 491,400
Apr-00 474,576
May-00 458,275
Jun-00 495,276
Jul-00 492,625
Aug-00 653,394
Sep-00 614,405
Oct-00 540,904
Nov-00 580,286
Dec-00 686,340
Jan-01 389,033
Feb-01 456,239
Mar-01 568,702
Apr-01 462,970
May-01 425,595
Jun-01 514,588
Jul-01 468,273
Aug-01 454,075
Sep-01 371,155
Oct-01 300,145
Nov-01 359,047
Dec-01 225,334
Jan-02 130,577
Feb-02 183,485
Mar-02 286,185
Apr-02 237,303
May-02 215,596
Jun-02 240,351
Jul-02 286,965
Aug-02 261,454
Sep-02 271,497
Oct-02 321,266
Nov-02 250,306
Dec-02 331,321
Jan-03 221,415
Feb-03 278,421
Mar-03 327,626
Apr-03 340,317
May-03 452,157
Jun-03 795,816
Jul-03 357,081
Aug-03 373,639
Sep-03 387,682
Oct-03 399,427
Nov-03 584,155
 Dec-03 468,128
Jan-04 364,587
Feb-04 327,088
Mar-04 500,987
Apr-04 381,955
May-04 405,586
Jun-04 542,474
Jul-04 451,780
Aug-04 500,665
Sep-04 630,549
Oct-03 589,511
Nov-04 562,669
Dec-04 498,701
Jan-05 557,942
Feb-05 421,828
Mar-05 563,843
Apr-05 610,821
May-05 674,219
Jun-05 761,166
Jul-05 634,180
Aug-05 606,087
Sep-05 703,053
Oct-05 632,985
Nov-05 878,984
Dec-05 762,083
Jan-06 660,039 (*)
Feb-06 607,448 (*)
Mar-06 665,504 (*)
Apr-06 688,979 (*)
May-06 873,339 (*)
Jun-06 827,191 (*)
Jul-06 981,193 (*)
Aug-06 787,645 (*)
Sep-06 809,522 (*)
Oct-06 741,098 (*)
Nov-06 847,651 (*)
Dec-06 976,531 (*)
Jan-07 795,361 (*)

(*) Preliminary figures.

Source: INDEC [National Institute of Statistics and Census]
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TABLE A2.4
Imports of capital goods
In thousand of dollars

1994 1995 1996

General Total 6,037,840 4,745,649 5,606,881
Agriculture 178,296 150,274 259,144
Live cattle for breeding 721 175 233
Live pig for breeding 289 0 0
Plows 413 184 318

Sowers, planters, transplanters, fertilizer hoppers and manure spreaders 13,047 4113 10,638
Weeders, harvesters, planers and graders 1,407 2148 2,604
Other agricultural and horticultural machines to cultivate or plow the land,
rollers for lawns and sports fields. 2,839 1229 1,721
Reapers and threshers 50,679 35046 73,273
Other harvesters and threshers, reapers (except lawn mowers) straw and
feed presses. 22,395 39629 49,162
Winnowers and other machines for cleaning seeds or dry legumes and
graders for eggs, fruit and other agricultural produce 7,960 7738 9,642

Milking machines 887 1301 1,392

Other unspecified dairy machines 4,484 4243 4,072

Other machines for agriculture, horticulture, aviculture and apiculture 8,687 8593 7,946
Wheeled tractors 51,953 35615 85,761
Unspecified office and calculation equipment and machines. 8,009 5862 6,914
Hand tools 1,048 794 939
Aspirating, centrifugal and liquid-raising pumps 2,572 2718 3,791
Generators with internal combustion engines w/piston 906 885 739
Manufacturing Industry 1,991,007 1,838,865 2,120,437

Hand-held saws (non-mechanical) and hand and mechanic saw blades. 1,664 1244 1,462
Hand tools, soldering lamps, anvils, hand presses, etc. 17,705 14,116 15,318
Other types of steam or vapor boilers (except for central heating). 1,825 6,423 25,811

Auxiliary machinery for boilers, condensers for steam generators and

engines 1,412 1,594 2,125

Steam or vapor machines, with or without boiler and its parts and pieces 326 98 118
Parts and pieces, unspecified, for steam turbines 0 0 295
Internal combustion engines 12,677 10,537 16,613
Direct current generators and engines 98,251 147,225 9,035
Electric engines except those with direct current 37,380 42,882 60,129
Alternating current generators 1,650 4,267 1,737
Other power generators 0 0 46,705
Presses and other machines used in the wine, cider, and other fruit
industry to extract juices. 4,377 1,957 2,661
Sewing machines. 20,925 6,771 12,800

Machines and devices for yarning synthetic and artificial textile materials. 4,797 1,400 2,941
Unspecified machines and devices to manufacture synthetic and artificial
textile materials. 7,676 15,526 26,377
Machines for yarning and twisting textile materials, winding machines
(including striped) and winding textile materials. 15,048 9,392 13,314
Looms 8897 2,522 9,031
Equipos de oficina y cálculo, y maquinaria n. esp.

Herramientas de mano.
Bombas aspirantes, centrifugas y elevadoras de líquidos.

Máquinas y aparatos p/ el filtrado o la depuración de líquidos o gases.

Carretillas, montacargas y demás aparatos p/transportar mercancías.

Grupos electrógeno c/ motores de combustión interna c/ émbolo .

Instrumentos de control y medición.

Depósitos, cisternas, bidones, tambores, etc.

Camiones y furgones p/ usos especiales.

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
7,717,858 8,499,870 6,748,017 5,886,610 4,182,335 1,294,626 2,500,605 5,331,098
314,142 330,113 130,748 99,878 112,585 37,249 267,837 425,470
697 365 246 240 110 37 227 1
0 7 109 0 0 0 0 0
347 342 96 80 152 1 30 91

11,759 12,164 4,798 2,023 2,790 329 1,512 3,262

2,654 2,827 565 562 433 67 517 1,319

5,616 1,701 673 1,199 584 91 284 583

79,516 91,224 36,152 24,538 43,452 13,068 137,053 214,939

59,839 53,955 19,238 10,581 10,977 2,679 14,997 34,200

18,378 11,497 6,447 5,728 3,004 1,758 4,916 6,368

1,311 953 475 61 88 85 63 9

6,703 11,204 5,949 1,243 810 4,626 705 667

10,992 16,556 9,133 6,422 5,488 981 3,515 6,869

100,543 110,288 31,790 32,266 33,052 10,811 97,615 146,539
9,478 9,850 9,023 9,438 7,576 1,365 3,883 6,348
1,268 1,254 907 932 754 126 389 654
4,216 4,976 4,312 3,972 2,746 1,160 1,802 2,832
828 950 837 593 570 64 327 789
2,504,466 2,726,640 1,863,179 1,630,188 1,367,747 459,577 712,350 1,240,020

1,882 2,175 1,436 1,339 1,123 104 413 831

20,123 18,518 15,231 14,039 12,539 2,016 4,011 8,548
21,989 140,503 53,610 42,272 11,794 992 784 2,277

1,277 3,856 3,538 826 229 135 119 403

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
120 9,224 1,011 65 2,990 250 468 1,217
14,516 15,063 12,890 14,435 18,960 6,460 8,318 15,243
15,587 14,026 14,515 15,151 8,530 3,804 5,715 8,228
71,032 71,249 51,804 53,640 43,839 21,642 33,904 49,362
3,725 15,081 1,213 1,340 1,468 1,729 584 2,325
46,995 311,969 5,026 43,369 48,304 19,703 11,573 22,324

4,466 5,635 6,744 3,107 2,954 1,037 3,482 3,093

20,767 20,924 10,702 8,846 8,978 902 8,151 19,227

10,566 7,610 3,812 1,473 603 36 443 3,541

20,821 6,299 5,112 4,674 4,055 386 1,496 5,271

26,345 9,579 5,714 14,529 3,245 1,435 5,282 9,232

7,389 10,951 5,617 2,391 1,762 627 3,661 10,305
387,052
16,341
2,373
2,202
6,568
2
23,645
7,379
294
25,483
117,931
22,786
130,315
31,523
210

10,019
1,697
4,642
736
2,944
41,109
6,703
9,692
4,288
20,426

29,428

63,643
25,317
1,814
1,964
34,548

23,189

43,489
3,285
505
272
1,443
36,074
1,910

39,792
28
11,674
45
2,857
25,188

15,315
2005 2006
7,011,288 8,378,891
371,749 378,637
6 50
0 0
59 46

2,003 1,805
798 538

499 542
129,585 143,241

37,069 40,474

6,332 7,838

489 273
2,103 1,784

10,681 13,790
168,646 151,872
8,494 9,873
880 977
3,421 4,726
685 807
1,590,686 1,981,515

1,080 1,270
11,418 13,690
4,545 12,360

2,894 1,528

0 0
628 2,744
21,621 24,504
13,557 22,489
68,039 83,108
1,476 4,265
32,341 57,133

5,485 4,084
24,194 25,625

718 1,354

10,242 9,560

13,578 12,146
6,635 8,428
 Coeficientes estimados de destino por sectores de bienes de capital de uso difundido.

RUBRO. 14 15 16 17 18
INFORMATICA HERRAMIENTASBOMBAS. MAQUINAS CARRETILLAS.
Y OFICINA. DE MANO. PARA FILTRADO.

Total 1 1 1 1 1
1 Agro 0.01 0.05 0.03
2 Industria Man 0.25 0.45 0.69 0.77 0.71
3 Electricidad, 0.11 0.08 0.1 0.1
4 Construcción 0.01 0.25 0.1 0.02 0.05
5 Transporte. 0.01 0.12
6 Comercio, ban0.49 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.12
7 Comunicacion0.09 0.1
8 Salud 0.01 0.03
9 Investigacion0.02
10 Mineria. 0.03 0.03
11 Resto
19 20 21 22
GRUPOS INSTUMENTOS TAMBORES CAMINONES Y
ELECTROGENOSDE MED. Y DEPOSITOS FURGONES P / USOS
CONTROL. CISTERNAS ESPECIALES.

1 1 1 1
0.02
0.38 0.3 0.65
0.16 0.27
0.05 0.05 0.1
0.2 0.5
0.33 0.12 0.05
0.06 0.06
0.5
0.2
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TABLE A2.4
Imports of capital goods
In thousand of dollars

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Knitting machines 26,004 8,180 13,673 17,996 21,145

Machines to make knitted fabric, tulles, embroidery,
lace, spinning machines and devices 6,973 2,253 3,436 6,636 8,722

Machines and devices for manufacturing and finishing

felt including hat making machines and molds 318 472 79 14,451 232

Industrial dryers (except subgroups 741.6 and 743.5) 2,627 771 1,834 1,920 2,532

Machines for washing, cleaning, drying, bleaching,

dyeing, starching, finishing, coating of yarns and
textiles, devices for cutting, folding and rolling up
textiles, etc. 18,787 8,142 14,109 18,053 17,006
Unspecified machines and devices for preparing,
tanning and working leather and their parts 13,700 8,030 16,687 16,566 6,090
Machines to manufacture cellulose paste 1,367 4,752 2,373 4,565 1,309
Machines to manufacture paper and cardboard 7,196 1,375 6,923 6,408 26,432
Machines and devices to work paper paste, paper,
cardboard, including cutters of all types 29,112 21,203 20,912 31,236 24,050
Machines for casting and composing print type,
machines, devices and materials for stenotype clichés
and devices 8,747 4,171 4,153 6,297 7,279
Other printing machines. 0 0 12,494 12,697 12,136
Printing machines and devices 15,681 11,280 0 0 0
Auxiliary printing machines 3,859 3,573 4,874 7,180 4,613
Bookbinding machines and devices 8,562 3,391 2,848 7,021 6,422

Milling machines and others for treating cereals and dry

legumes excluding rural machines 3,932 4,450 6,502 10,963 2,858
Machines and mechanical devices for greases, animal
and vegetable oils 8,369 6,718 3,636 4,356 4,006

Unspecified machines and devices used in the

beverage and food industry: confectionery, bakery,
pastas, chocolate, meat, fish, legumes processing and
or the sugar and brewing industry 55,000 45,506 32,440 39,161 26,795
Machines and tools for working stone, ceramic

products, concrete, fibrocement, and other analogous

mineral materials and for cold-working glass 11,593 5,037 6,546 6,966 8,498
Machines and devices for working cork, wood, bone,
ebony, artificial plastic material, and other analogous
hard materials 20,030 18,309 11,909 19,143 21,532
Machines and devices to agglomerate, mold or shape
solid mineral fuels, ceramic pastes, cement, plaster or
other minerals in powder or paste 12,101 3,553 9,116 9,352 7,402
Unespecified machines and mechanical devices for
certain industries 0 0 0 31 0
Machines to work with glass, assemble bulbs,
fluorescent lamps and electric, electronic or similar
valves, and their parts (unspecified). 5,260 873 2,171 1,946 1,691
Machines and mechanical devices for the rubber and
artificial plastic industry 114,777 67,292 64,264 139,168 115,826

Unspecified machines and devices for the tobacco

industry 5,440 14,709 507 6,786 1,229
Machines and mechanical devices to treat timber.
821 3,913 730 2,108 1,524
Machines and mechanical devices to treat metals or
metal carbides 5,516 3,952 1,980 5,092 5,603
Other unspecified machines and mechanical devices
with special functions 83,000 102,428 164,939 130,961 113,581
Parts and pieces of machines to process rubber or 0 0 2,930 2,567 2,713
plastic.
Machine-tool to work materials by removal 0 0 833 2,139 1,940
Machines and tools for working metals and metal
carbides. 5,552 2,516 2,416 1,824 6,469
Machines for milling cogwheels 2,856 3,038 6,174 1,213 1,921
Metal-working lathes 22,419 9,935 22,444 21,290 21,879
Routers and gougers 12,209 3,062 4,654 5,215 6,590
Equipos de oficina y cálculo, y maquinaria n. esp.
Herramientas de mano.

Bombas aspirantes, centrifugas y elevadoras de líquidos.

Máquinas y aparatos p/ el filtrado o la depuración de líquidos o gases.

Carretillas, montacargas y demás aparatos p/transportar mercancías.

Grupos electrógeno c/ motores de combustión interna c/ émbolo .

Instrumentos de control y medición.

Depósitos, cisternas, bidones, tambores, etc.

Camiones y furgones p/ usos especiales.

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

14,488 13,762 10,397 1,297 8,352 11,477 13,696 13,593

2,754 3,552 2,499 1,381 2,577 5,442 8,074 10,873

98 3,528 208 94 222 2,780 203 471

1,453 1,265 681 51 364 3,456 1,466 2,229

10,708 8,901 12,549 2,394 7,654 11,046 11,951 17,498

5,124 4,547 5,975 6,954 5,695 7,993 7,398 11,574

9,919 1,595 3,960 534 1,507 632 1,273 172
1,707 926 1,112 2,305 5,651 6,402 3,755 3,044

19,874 13,763 10,779 1,988 4,315 10,713 15,602 15,623

4,714 3,646 2,601 378 1,815 1,635 2,277 2,629

7,258 10,343 6,472 1,897 5,330 9,291 12,593 9,938
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4,889 1,166 754 125 449 264 830 761
15,644 5,451 2,046 806 408 1,062 2,169 2,188

1,760 1,432 1,256 928 9,703 9,081 4,113 4,511

1,277 1,261 1,340 842 1,745 28,574 7,696 3,880

26,950 27,171 16,260 7,536 10,017 12,732 19,486 26,748

4,634 4,401 3,900 489 1,166 2,684 6,365 5,275

20,663 11,824 13,293 2,843 3,650 6,124 16,949 14,764

 2,872 2,151 3,873 746 768 4,249 2,648 8,090

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

990 5,443 743 71 2,692 1,746 758 3,336

69,455 54,071 47,114 21,221 26,925 57,814 80,555 85,723

2,246 2,174 113 369 594 1,970 1,827 2,036

10,619 1,724 16,805 1,085 36 52 344 2,009

5,098 1,288 3,419 1,489 1,590 2,712 5,986 3,211

85,438 88,791 70,530 22,404 36,545 50,076 63,535 102,957

1,758 821 1,732 433 693 538 1,334 1,607
860 1,412 1,210 148 404 718 1,015 2,387

1,606 1,271 255 123 1,452 1,906 1,813 2,624

2,258 1,263 11,656 1,530 326 4,111 5,847 2,183
11,758 8,781 19,659 2,611 13,876 22,448 32,931 32,607
4,611 2,921 3,090 1,346 11,210 20,800 31,133 37,950
387,052
16,341
2,373
2,202
6,568
 2
23,645
7,379
294
25,483
117,931
22,786
130,315
31,523
210

10,019
1,697
4,642
736
2,944

41,109
6,703
9,692
4,288
20,426

29,428
Coeficientes estimados de destino por sectores
63,643
25,317 RUBRO.
1,814
1,964 14
34,548 INFORMATICA
Y OFICINA.
23,189 Total
Agro
43,489 Industria Man 1
3,285 1 Electricidad, 0.01
505 2 Construcción 0.25
272 3 Transporte. 0.11
1,443 4 Comercio, ban0.01
36,074 5 Comunicacion0.01
1,910 6 Salud 0.49
7 Investigacione0.09
39,792 8 Mineria. 0.01
28 9 Resto 0.02
11,674 10
45 11
2,857
25,188

15,315
imados de destino por sectores de bienes de capital de uso difundido.

15 16 17 18 19 20 21
HERRAMIENTASBOMBAS. MAQUINAS CARRETILLAS. GRUPOS INSTUMENTOS TAMBORES
DE MANO. PARA FILTRADO. ELECTROGENOSDE MED. Y DEPOSITOS
CONTROL. CISTERNAS

1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0.05 0.03 0.02
0.45 0.69 0.77 0.71 0.38 0.3 0.65
0.08 0.1 0.1 0.16 0.27
0.25 0.1 0.02 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.1
0.12 0.2
0.07 0.05 0.05 0.12 0.33 0.12 0.05
0.1 0.06 0.06
0.03
0.2
0.03 0.03
22
CAMINONES Y
FURGONES P / USOS
ESPECIALES.

0.5

0.5
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TABLE A2.4
Imports of capital goods
In thousand of dollars

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Perforators and drills for working metals 4,328 1,791 2,135 1,661 2,132
Saws for metals. 4,772 2,186 3,538 3,533 4,180
Planes for metals 199 70 77 42 151
Threaders and machines for cutting screws 860 949 975 1,476 1,283
Sharpeners, filers, polishers and grinders 12,136 10,893 12,900 12,047 8,204
Machines for forging and stamping metals 5,610 6,545 34,281 4,936 4,467
Machines for curving, bending, straightening, conforming and
working metals 9,833 7,827 14,329 12,665 16,459
Machines for shearing, puncturing and working metals 9,885 6,705 12,075 13,036 13,004
Other presses for working metal 2,521 2,343 5,654 6,435 5,377
Other machine-tools for working metals or metal carbides 25,439 26,432 20,335 25,617 33,253
Jigs, headed threadstocks 4,242 3,885 3,904 5,813 5,735
Converters, furnaces, ingotting machines and pouring and
molding machines for foundries and metalworking shops 5,089 4,942 1,620 4,503 11,909
Laminators 6,468 4,745 2,697 4,761 1,843
Machines and gas devices for welding, cutting and for
surface tempering and their parts 404 417 651 1,095 1,387
Machines and electrical devices for welding 20,850 21,715 46,669 46,545 25,831
Industrial and laboratory electric ovens (thermal induction

treatment or through dielectric loss) and their parts 8,428 5,237 3,848 8,054 6,351
Non electrical Industrial and laboratory ovens and parts 25,390 23,462 13,635 17,636 24,713
Refrigerators and refrigerating equipment (electric and
others) excluding domestic 86,325 81,818 89,247 105,710 101,840
Devices for treating materials that involve changes in
temperature 109,716 114,410 100,759 141,756 145,594
Centrifuges 13,795 13,910 14,036 18,786 13,487
Parts for centrifuges and machines for filtering liquids 0 0 2
Calenders and laminators except metal laminators and
machines for laminating glass, cylinders and parts 5,995 9,781 3,282 6,132 6,103
Machines and devices for cleaning and drying bottles or
other containers 142,158 118,418 119,484 128,927 107,181
Devices and instruments for weighing including bascules and
scales to verify manufactured pieces, excluding scales
sensitive to weights lower than 5 cg. 13,586 12,243 13,250 16,838 13,639
Mechanical devices for projecting, spreading or spraying
liquid or powdered materials 58,004 65,536 101,642 117,821 82,430
Automatic selling machines 0 0 6,196 12,243 10,098
Foundry boxes, molds and cups for molten metal 39,968 33,146 52,017 65,361 63,050
Tools and electro-mechanical machine-tools (motor
incorporated) for manual use and their parts 34,173 24,105 32,265 42,375 42,307
Machines and electric devices with special functions 0 0 390 12 1
Other electric machines and devices with functions, gearchan 0 0 84,630 114,395 103,467

Electromagnets, permanent magnets, magnetized or not,

clutches, speed changers and electromagnetic brakes 6,090 5,307 5,481 7,682 7,580
Trawling and fishing boats, floating factories and ships 50,274 68,714 73,185 19,567 138
Non-electrial machines and devices for mechanical testing
(quality) 2,394 2,744 3,300 5,945 2,640
Office and calculation equipment and nonspecified
machinery 200,226 146,548 172,858 236,938 246,247
Hand tools 9,434 7,142 8,453 11,409 11,287
Centrifugal pumps, aspirators and liquid raisers 59,145 62,506 87,194 96,961 114,459
Machines and devices for filtering or purifying liquids and
gases 44,826 53,217 70,749 91,711 92,110
Wheelbarrows, forklifts and other devices for transporting
goods 129,878 164,729 141,532 167,260 169,129
Generators with internal combustion piston engines 17,212 16,823 14,049 15,736 18,056
Instruments for measurement and control 26,947 28,144 29,100 32,988 30,285
Deposits, cisterns, demijohns, drums, etc. 47,989 40,644 22,954 29,150 26,544
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
1,448 1,432 1,669 1,237 3,887 8,813 10,698 14,153
2,607 2,675 1,257 570 2,424 4,739 6,697 8,515
32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
811 2,910 463 74 293 813 1,756 1,783
7,507 5,665 9,696 4,103 1,912 3,100 5,964 5,659
2,391 1,665 2,027 2,566 305 1,390 18,999 6,953

10,139 8,704 6,492 1,583 1,267 9,114 8,450 9,066

9,246 9,038 5,525 2,622 1,618 6,805 8,121 12,303
2,991 2,294 1,942 1,950 1,578 3,209 2,906 2,218
14,296 11,486 22,476 3,566 17,820 26,087 33,231 27,677
5,517 4,091 3,802 1,018 3,129 3,728 5,426 7,600

5,776 1,323 2,070 6,206 1,323 5,287 5,461 7,237

653 946 2,231 8,410 1,905 8,838 1,434 332

758 415 208 28 88 140 410 170

16,976 13,997 13,524 2,805 8,401 11,925 20,845 25,527

4,175 3,266 3,993 1,136 3,090 6,547 5,197 6,396

12,854 11,039 8,089 2,496 2,831 6,150 7,003 21,993

67,385 62,924 56,085 10,447 18,280 36,403 46,420 56,141

171,697 71,849 57,543 23,908 30,599 45,475 57,484 81,025

12,184 6,037 7,192 2,328 8,109 11,070 15,422 12,165
12 0 0 0 0 13

5,569 2,920 3,977 1,037 1,196 4,076 3,663 3,889

76,655 74,606 61,009 20,926 20,991 33,444 47,505 72,250

12,870 12,142 8,021 3,033 3,312 5,051 5,996 8,196

52,730 43,573 35,307 19,268 27,624 48,621 53,329 60,847

6,813 6,711 3,941 222 174 1,076 1,378 1,534
38,739 42,810 25,900 17,282 13,950 36,680 41,728 38,922

31,727 37,080 31,124 1,893 0 0 0 0

4 0 2 0 899 2 1,121 1,642
92,592 94,358 77,625 16,355 20,226 40,868 59,732 84,155

4,815 5,846 4,498 2,133 3,265 5,963 6,764 6,845

 10,579 16,805 13,961 26,891 24,647 14,733 3,511 6,778

2,583 2,391 2,486 701 1,007 1,848 1,858 2,502

225,572 235,942 189,378 34,135 97,072 158,697 212,343 246,834

8,160 8,392 6,784 1,138 3,498 5,882 7,922 8,791
99,175 91,353 63,160 26,682 41,457 65,133 78,679 108,702

83,811 63,092 55,161 26,319 31,409 56,301 61,067 81,411

128,944 98,555 78,790 19,971 30,752 55,460 105,885 164,735
15,897 11,268 10,821 1,211 6,221 14,985 13,012 15,340
29,475 30,001 22,335 7,849 12,961 21,549 24,430 29,788
35,570 18,444 19,521 7,803 6,696 8,065 14,763 14,646
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TABLE A2.4
Imports of capital goods
In thousand of dollars

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Electricity, gas and water 370,494 334,490 384,618 515,632 550,296

Rotary converters 159 123 138 115 341
Nuclear reactors and their parts 793 1,804 1,491 1 689
Other machines and hydraulic engines 7,510 7,300 8,719 12,442 14,027
Gas and water gas or producer gas generators with
and without purifiers, gas acetylene generators and
similar generators,unspecified gas generator parts and
pieces 1,215 3,512 1,487 2,808 1,111
Liquid dielectric transformers 22,334 10,468 22,090 26,712 40,981
Other electric transformers 27,633 23,216 32,986 36,283 32,207
Static converters, rectifiers and rectifying devices
49,968 52,354 54,943 80,197 90,483
Self-induction reactance coils 16,649 10,658 14,409 18,814 20,225
Electric capacitors, fixed or variable 28,127 21,091 21,262 33,003 27,810
Instruments for measuring the supply and production

of gas, liquids and electricity, meters to calibrate them 23,399 21,568 13,256 15,638 19,255
Non-electric instruments and devices for measuring,

testing and controlling the flow of gases 56,309 66,268 79,936 117,573 125,277
Electronic instruments and devices for measuring or teslt 0 0 1,494 2,673 3,181
Electronic instruments and devices for measuring or
detecting ionizing radiations 727 1,995 916 815 940
Office and calculating equipment and non-specified
machinery 88,100 64,481 76,058 104,253 108,349
Hand tools 1,677 1,270 1,503 2,028 2,007
Centrifugal pumps, aspirators and liquid raisers 8,572 9,059 12,637 14,052 16,588
Machines and devices to filter or purify liquids and
gases 5,822 6,911 9,188 11,911 11,962
Generators with internal combustion piston engines
7,247 7,084 5,915 6,626 7,602
Instruments for measurement and control 24,253 25,329 26,190 29,689 27,257
Construction 491,485 357,734 420,001 600,591 625,656
Caterpillar tractors 3,577 7,257 16,645 15,854 29,715
Mechanically-propelled rollers 13,834 5,794 5,831 12,696 12,964
Self-propelled graders, angular earth movers and
scrapers 47,561 25,807 14,866 44,299 39,185
Mechanically-propelled shovels and excavators 102,527 49,817 53,139 111,794 137,058
Other grading, excavating, rolling, perforating
machines and earth, ore and mineral extractors 6,490 2,910 17,134 10,782 22,845
Drilling machines (not self-propelled) 12,742 2,598 2,590 4,111 11,220
Hammers, crushers, snow-ploughs not self-propelled 493 93 299 242 291
Other earth moving, grading, excavating, rolling,
drilling and earth extracting machinery
3,015 3,183 5,689 6,630 10,428
Unspecified machinery for public works, buildings or si 7,575 3,046 4,006 12,331 9,454
Machinery and mechanical devices for public works,
construction projects and other related works. 160,033 132,556 123,290 194,605 184,902
Lifts and skips 7,454 9,124 14,371 13,825 12,361

Pneumatic or non-electric engine tools and machine-

tools 22,846 14,867 23,183 29,141 31,681

Boilers and radiators for central heating, non-electric

heating their iron and steel parts, air heaters and hot
air distributors 3,467 4,424 7,662 13,544 10,890

Non-electric topographic, hydrographic,

meteorological, hydrologic and geophysical
instruments, compasses, telemeters, etc. 4,900 2,499 3,581 3,284 3,647
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
458,909 434,045 344,311 110,785 192,161 309,524 423,012 537,143
60 25 31 39 14 14 32 10
1,073 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9,220 9,786 7,987 3,877 6,262 9,480 13,479 18,801

869 526 185 36 64 128 100 169

19,267 20,860 22,128 10,206 1,981 7,574 15,917 14,772

25,055 26,906 21,019 3,670 5,195 10,459 18,567 20,015

66,578 69,005 49,990 15,520 29,862 44,164 70,403 118,903

20,487 14,186 10,187 1,825 4,621 9,267 15,718 12,361

28,694 22,199 17,694 4,592 9,424 19,664 21,799 24,349

20,987 19,375 14,857 2,649 8,239 10,206 13,092 13,375

105,128 90,449 72,529 37,330 57,273 82,495 108,237 140,885

1,660 1,882 1,446 521 724 1,994 2,842 2,431

650 361 750 439 797 752 1,188 1,308

99,252 103,815 83,326 15,019 42,712 69,827 93,431 108,607

1,451 1,492 1,206 202 622 1,046 1,408 1,563
14,373 13,240 9,154 3,867 6,008 9,440 11,403 15,754

10,885 8,194 7,164 3,418 4,079 7,312 7,931 10,573

6,693 4,745 4,556 510 2,619 6,309 5,479 6,459

26,528 27,001 20,101 7,064 11,665 19,394 21,987 26,809
565,894 340,353 346,148 139,620 216,961 423,740 621,821 793,133
12,257 3,317 6,948 1,127 5,200 7,216 11,618 16,629
9,497 3,806 6,958 453 1,611 3,576 12,524 22,775

34,051 9,001 13,503 880 6,514 18,173 44,828 48,994

84,290 25,356 25,135 7,341 21,689 75,177 129,729 193,767

9,252 3,040 7,488 968 2,591 9,188 20,609 18,043

2,813 13,380 23,852 11,778 5,817 6,195 25,593 29,461
142 174 49 0 48 186 243 596

5,027 2,185 2,385 356 22,311 52,008 4,776 7,365

 4,212 4,338 5,810 1,020 168 3,103 5,294 9,534
264,036 156,214 147,740 80,212 84,838 147,877 224,838 274,977
15,299 12,697 9,229 4,008 1,334 2,413 5,455 6,238

24,658 16,860 17,793 1,571 9,073 18,088 27,848 30,201

11,129 9,488 8,463 2,412 3,753 5,638 6,901 8,931

2,954 2,035 4,906 913 8,305 5,205 3,663 5,914

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TABLE A2.4
Imports of capital goods
In thousand of dollars

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Drawing, plotting and calculating instruments,

drawing machines, pantographs, slide and circle
rules, etc. 48,700 48,731 78,196 68,821 46,950
Instruments, devices and machines for
measurement or testing 0 0 3,236 2,549 3,547
Office and calculation equipment and unspecified
machinery 8,009 5,862 6,914 9,478 9,850
Hand tools 5,241 3,968 4,696 6,339 6,271
Aspiring and centrifugal pumps, liquid raisers 8,572 9,059 12,637 14,052 16,588
Machines and devices for filtering or purifying
liquids and gases 1,164 1,382 1,838 2,382 2,392
Wheelbarrows, forklifts, and other devices for
transporting goods 9,146 11,601 9,967 11,779 11,910

Generators with internal combustion piston engines 2,265 2,214 1,849 2,071 2,376
Controlling and measuring instruments 4,491 4,691 4,850 5,498 5,048
Tanks, cisterns, demijohns and drums 7,383 6,253 3,531 4,485 4,084
Transport 1,180,137 686,667 930,308 1,494,851 1,982,339
Iron and steel containers for pressurized or liquified
gas 12,078 24,082 27,492 31,734 32,432
Aluminum containers for compressed or liquified
gas 1,339 993 1,116 1,279 1,474
Cranes for ships, cranes (except cable-motor
vehicles), mobile structures for raising loads 7,531 18,803 14,576 13,662 39,457

Radio guidance, radar and radio controlled devices 11,121 7,931 10,316 12,997 9,792
Electrical devices for traffic control of railways,
roads or inland waterways and similar equipment
used in ports and airports 4,054 4,327 1,399 8,988 17,928

Motor vehicles for transporting goods and materials 513,385 282,779 508,363 839,067 1,138,409
Buses 91,878 21,061 24,069 62,337 69,401
Motor units for hauling trailers 44,159 14,345 15,520 61,933 93,992
Other parts, pieces and accesories 0 14 18 11 0
Trailers for transporting goods and materials 26,730 15,559 24,718 38,009 44,332
Specially designed and equipped containers for the
use of one or more means of transport 4,879 1,754 987 2,727 2,363
Other vehicles without mechanical propulsion 11,176 6,839 8,553 10,344 7,846
Electric locomotives (using accumulators or
external energy) 20 146 39 0 0
Other locomotives and tenders. 321 3,085 9,287 26,627 8,311

Locomotives (not specified elsewhere); tenders 313 575 143 0

Mechanized railroad and trainway carriages and
trucks. 3,779 31,386 2,371 953 14
Passenger railroad and trainway waggons and
cabs 0 123 16 9 0
Rolling material for maintenance of railroads. 315 178 866 358 259
Non-mechanized railroad freight trucks and
waggons. 42 0 38 23 508
Accesories for railroads and tramways. 103 488 580 341 699
Helicopters 14,894 20,243 7,838 10,643 15,131
Mechanically-driven airplanes weighting between
2,000 and 15,000 kg. 74,766 49,844 86,922 172,359 138,373
Mechanically-driven airplanes weighting more than
15,000 kg. 247,397 98,310 104,636 107,246 233,396
Tanker vessels of all types 7,295 1,581 14,438 9,029 39,568
Other cargo vessels 34,656 19,430 10,359 18,769 11,620
Ships specially designed to tow or push other
vessels 3,079 435 3,018 1,728 1,592
Lightships, fire-ships, dredgers, pontoons, etc. 15 655 1,024 1,251 323
Floating structures different from vessels (buoys,
boxes, etc.) 364 656 423 1,016 6,353

Non-electric navigation instruments, compasses 934 1,792 1,085 1,182 1,736

Office and calculating equipment and unspecified
machinery 8,009 5,862 6,914 9,478 9,850
Wheelbarrows, forklifts and other devices for
transporting goods 21,951 27,842 23,921 28,269 28,585
Tanks, cisterns, drums, etc. 14,766 12,506 7,063 8,969 8,167
Trucks and vans for special use 19,101 13,304 11,768 13,368 20,427
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

32,859 30,197 28,552 14,988 23,313 36,891 55,018 63,968

1,755 3,026 1,707 971 1,568 1,578 1,490 2,275

9,023 9,438 7,575 1,365 3,883 6,348 8,494 9,873

4,533 4,662 3,769 632 1,944 3,268 4,401 4,884
14,373 13,240 9,154 3,867 6,008 9,440 11,403 15,754

2,177 1,639 1,433 684 816 1,462 1,586 2,115

9,081 6,941 5,549 1,406 2,166 3,906 7,457 11,601

2,092 1,483 1,424 159 819 1,972 1,712 2,018

4,913 5,000 3,722 1,308 2,160 3,591 4,072 4,965
5,472 2,838 3,003 1,200 1,030 1,241 2,271 2,253
1,643,513 971,519 645,817 299,984 471,519 1,234,427 1,678,924 1,818,473

57,328 18,217 16,051 10,261 27,703 21,073 16,702 13,376

821 537 729 112 394 679 816 512

8,929 3,925 10,005 813 619 4,651 13,896 18,252

8,484 8,165 9,987 5,510 14,230 15,700 22,351 24,450

8,356 3,067 857 792 451 686 178 4,965

563,200 402,486 296,279 65,356 218,375 444,911 665,140 697,109

52,641 67,325 27,510 3,830 19,504 67,235 88,680 112,195
55,197 29,732 13,081 2,296 47,746 129,706 217,069 199,280
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26,337 19,190 6,465 1,322 4,268 8,937 11,652 17,235

4,267 957 430 427 405 771 852 1,437

5,345 6,513 3,991 482 1,013 1,310 1,427 2,159

145 72 0 0 0 0 0 13
0 7,043 68 0 0 30 2,127 1,734

210 0 238 0 0 0 0 196

12,972 10,903 7,755 6,459 0 2,585 20,452 20,650

0 0 5,258 3,233 0 1,293 13,635 11,667

 183 8 1,340 0 0 75 0 0

84 96 165 15 4 174 28 3
564 750 412 136 288 114 2,021 861
15,074 12,897 2,946 1,708 3,680 9,081 14,951 16,847

90,941 45,298 81,760 1,071 13,822 52,455 67,475 55,967

655,729 284,691 102,944 181,595 54,688 442,064 370,205 524,084

9,094 3,225 3,000 3,500 36,269 102 88,531 105
353 7,885 0 589 0 0 12,839 0

1,897 612 4,104 0 7,430 343 1,685 14,968

13,868 516 4,769 289 1,105 380 1,257 17,125

450 355 6,565 305 402 253 1,681 217

1,317 989 1,244 817 1,965 1,932 2,388 2,735

9,023 9,438 7,575 1,365 3,883 6,348 8,494 9,873

21,793 16,657 13,317 3,375 5,198 9,374 17,896 27,842

10,945 5,675 6,006 2,401 2,060 2,481 4,542 4,506
7,969 4,295 10,966 1,925 6,017 9,683 9,954 18,111
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TABLE A2.4
Imports of capital goods
In thousand of dollars

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Trade, Banking and Insurance 550,588 403,893 463,259 608,528 621,084

Safes, strong rooms, armored or ironclad

chambers 1,381 763 643 1,347 1,451

Clothes washing machines with a capacity

greater than six kilos of dry clothes 3,232 1,104 756 1,318 1,452
Drycleaning machines 406 657 2,434 1,921 1,957
Pumps for dispensing fuels or lubricants 14,549 14,425 18,980 16,728 10,352
Escalators and mechanical walkways 4,210 3,421 9,533 8,059 9,227
Automatic vending machines 19,414 6,798 95 7 0

Automatic typewriters; processing machines 0 0 2,780 2,820 2,052

Other non-electric typewriters 0 0 1,565 1,207 947
Cash registers with totaling device 20,323 14,922 13,788 16,467 23,082

Machines for franking mail, issuing tickets and

other similar machines with totalling device 29,364 7,176 9,083 13,710 6,742
Jukeboxes 107 118 47 141 65
Circus and itinerant zoos 0 0 0 0 0
Merry-go-rounds, swings, shooting galleries and
other attractions for fairs, circuses, zoos and
wandering theaters 4,631 1,072 2,627 7,948 6,316
Mannequins and similar puppets and other
animated devices for display windows 494 272 371 330 345
Office and computing equipment and non-
specified machinery 392,444 287,234 338,802 464,398 482,644
Hand tools 1,468 1,111 1,315 1,775 1,756

Aspiring and centrifugal pumps, liquid raisers 4,286 4,529 6,318 7,026 8,294
Machines and devices for filtering or purifying
liquids and gases 2,911 3,456 4,594 5,955 5,981
Wheelbarrows, forklifts, and other devices for
transporting
Generators goods
with internal combustion piston 21,951 27,842 23,921 28,269 28,585
engines 14,947 14,610 12,200 13,666 15,680
Controlling and measuring instruments 10,779 11,257 11,640 13,195 12,114
Tanks, cisterns, drums, etc. 3,691 3,126 1,766 2,242 2,042
Communications 924,022 685,863 752,874 1,314,702 1,274,254
Rotary press 79,717 44,413 48,480 100,359 64,362

Magnetic recorders and reproducers of sound

and image for television 34,679 16,447 14,719 15,941 14,476
Sound recorders with or without speakers 0 0 3,476 4,872 3,815
Dictaphones and other sound recorders and
reproducers 7,745 5,505 5,746 6,201 9,907

Electric devices for wire telephone and telegraph 277,938 261,110 95,947 129,694 118,798
Telephones 0 0 68,547 67,321 60,690
Remote printers 0 0 18,749 33,328 17,832

Other devices for carrier-wave transmitting

systems 0 0 76,688 79,519 109,878
Other telephone or telegraph devices 0 0 5,101 6,890 6,635
Microphones (and tripods) loudspeakers, electric
audiofrequency amplifiers 37,296 24,052 32,775 47,209 47,581

Television, radio, radiotelegraph and

radiotelephone transmitters and transmitter-
receivers 363,595 248,645 281,359 655,980 684,437

Radiotelephone and radiotelegraph receivers 8,534 8,635 13,217 8,604 4,800

Television cameras 31,988 14,237 15,086 30,928 29,284
Space vehicles (including satellites and
launching platforms and suborbital vehicles) 0 0 0 28,259 0
Cine cameras, projectors, recorders and sound
reproducers for 8-16 mm films 245 190 218 244 78
Film projectors 0 0 619 2,438 1,616
Office and computing equipment and non-
specified machines 72,082 52,757 62,229 85,298 88,649
Hand tools 2,096 1,587 1,879 2,535 2,508
Generators with internal combustion engines 2,718 2,656 2,218 2,485 2,851
Controlling and measuring equipment 5,389 5,629 5,820 6,598 6,057
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

577,158 543,052 429,499 84,544 217,133 366,032 487,621 576,146

768 1,311 567 81 97 393 646 725

1,130 1,151 688 55 188 892 1,896 3,359

847 625 103 0 0 21 46 0
10,894 2,784 5,271 127 771 910 1,540 768
7,088 4,603 3,800 715 548 1,200 2,248 1,296
10 282 71 0 0 0 0 0

807 646 187 14 36 62 39 41

372 302 100 27 26 37 56 53
29,298 10,244 4,186 4,236 2,020 7,362 9,053 10,299

7,832 5,016 466 44 1,147 2,801 4,566 6,314

101 57 37 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 7 0 0 63

11,368 1,351 388 311 57 295 214 413

499 350 91 43 90 95 121 284

442,121 462,446 371,181 66,905 190,260 311,046 416,193 483,794

1,269 1,305 1,055 177 544 915 1,232 1,368

7,187 6,620 4,577 1,933 3,004 4,720 5,701 7,877

5,442 4,097 3,582 1,709 2,040 3,656 3,965 5,286

21,793 16,657 13,317 3,375 5,198 9,374 17,896 27,842

13,805 9,786 9,397 1,052 5,402 13,013 11,300 13,322
11,790 12,000 8,934 3,140 5,185 8,620 9,772 11,915
2,736 1,419 1,502 600 515 620 1,136 1,127
1,187,241 1,519,279 680,869 79,451 297,644 1,127,346 1,549,384 1,900,515
86,297 31,581 19,070 4,406 10,893 14,066 47,625 32,927

17,026 26,779 24,361 1,948 8,265 30,534 57,839 69,231

3,056 2,216 1,434 24 219 668 736 483

3,927 8,359 4,206 164 222 2,194 8,584 5,403

139,633 181,202 69,376 3,249 7,009 21,232 25,028 28,246

64,640 51,371 29,940 2,460 7,139 16,943 27,797 26,831
 15,372 11,358 10,559 814 2,406 4,622 6,878 4,459

95,022 144,654 121,525 13,585 11,229 31,672 44,755 55,482

8,469 5,803 7,826 187 472 1,186 3,331 5,704

39,668 40,792 28,619 3,810 10,257 22,197 33,414 46,714

601,116 898,185 272,875 31,781 189,297 879,940 1,155,767 1,433,964

2,135 2,626 1,102 473 429 407 846 898

18,315 18,327 13,878 2,246 10,380 36,467 51,457 90,513

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10 6 34 0 85 45 0 1
1,130 1,436 206 1 45 59 185 467

81,206 84,939 68,176 12,289 34,946 57,131 76,444 88,860

1,813 1,865 1,508 253 777 1,307 1,760 1,954
2,510 1,779 1,709 191 982 2,366 2,054 2,422
5,895 6,000 4,467 1,570 2,592 4,310 4,886 5,958

Coeficientes estimados de destino por sectores de b

RUBRO.
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INFORMATICA
Y OFICINA.

Total
Agro 1
1 Industria Man 0.01
2 Electricidad, 0.25
3 Construcción 0.11
4 Transporte. 0.01
5 Comercio, ban0.01
6 Comunicacion0.49
7 Salud 0.09
 8 Investigacione0.01
9 Mineria. 0.02
10 Resto
11
imados de destino por sectores de bienes de capital de uso difundido.

15 16 17 18 19 20 21
HERRAMIENTASBOMBAS. MAQUINAS CARRETILLAS. GRUPOS INSTUMENTOS TAMBORES
DE MANO. PARA FILTRADO. ELECTROGENOSDE MED. Y DEPOSITOS
CONTROL. CISTERNAS

1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0.05 0.03 0.02
0.45 0.69 0.77 0.71 0.38 0.3 0.65
0.08 0.1 0.1 0.16 0.27
0.25 0.1 0.02 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.1
0.12 0.2
0.07 0.05 0.05 0.12 0.33 0.12 0.05
0.1 0.06 0.06
 0.03
0.2
0.03 0.03
22
CAMINONES Y
FURGONES P / USOS
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TABLE A2.4
Imports of capital goods
In thousand of dollars

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Health 219,449 153,729 165,636 223,954 235,733

Electromedical devices (except X-ray machines) 15,043 32,300 12,071 13,110 17,895
Electrocardiographs 0 11,168 16,082 16,527
Other electric devices for diagnosis 0 0 9,342 20,382 15,859
Devices using X-rays or other radioactive emissions 54,844 32,184 8,535 15,092 11,363

X-ray-based devices whether for medical use or not 0 0 20,601 28,879 30,888

Furniture for medical, dental, surgical or veterinary

use, operating tables, hospital beds, dentist chairs,
etc. 9,100 6,342 7,050 10,205 11,050
Non-specified optical instruments and devices 1,323 1,120 1,733 3,138 3,489
Odontological instruments and devices 1,879 1,138 1,159 1,591 1,458
Medical, surgical and veterinary instruments and
devices 102,351 54,604 67,202 78,866 80,786

Mechanotherapy and massage devices,

psychotechnology and artificial respiration,
ozonotherapy and similar apparatus 6,053 4,804 5,336 10,190 12,553
Office and computing
Machines equipment
and devices and machines
for filtering and purifying 8,009 5,862 6,914 9,478 9,850
gases or liquids 1,746 2,073 2,756 3,573 3,589
Trucks and vans for special use 19,101 13,304 11,768 13,368 20,427
Research 35,132 31,427 34,220 42,258 41,719
Particle accelerators and their parts 114 0 0 0 0
Balloons and dirigibles 130 297 139 192 275
Unspecified astronomy and cosmography
instruments and their support, excluding
radiotelephony devices 290 233 285 394 381
Electron and proton microscopes and
difractographs 138 46 74 181 321
Optical microscopes including those with devices to
photograph or project an image 477 365 493 545 852
Office and computing equipment and machines 16,018 11,724 13,829 18,955 19,700
Controlling and measuring equipment 17,965 18,762 19,400 21,992 20,190
Mining 25,168 16,384 24,128 28,008 34,971

Machines and devices for sifting, sorting, separating

or washing earth, gravel,ore or other solid minerals 2,162 3,309 9,740 4,063 5,566
Machines and devices for grinding and breaking up
earth, stones, ore or other solid minerals 7,990 3,076 4,161 8,523 10,630

Machines and devices for mixing earth, gravel, ores

or other solid minerals 10,698 5,208 3,680 7,633 10,209

Aspiring and centrifugal pumps and liquid raisers 2,572 2,718 3,791 4,216 4,976
Machines and devices for filtering and purifying
liquids or gases 1,746 2,073 2,756 3,573 3,589
Other 72,062 86,323 52,256 70,726 77,066
Other machines and engines 3,833 2,443 2,874 5,467 8,923
Liquid and solid fuel burners for stoves 2,025 2,604 2,947 4,104 3,194
Ventilators, blowers and other similar devices 11,179 11,500 14,020 16,956 16,872
Ethnography or cliché copiers 1,948 821 859 1,887 1,715

Electrical devices for acoustic and visual signalling

(bells, sirens, alarms) 10,387 10,033 14,480 18,507 15,669
Other electrical devices and fixtures with individual
functions 30,273 48,715 6,711 5,683 13,606
Tachometers, production counters, taximeters,
kilometer counters, etc. 7,121 5,998 6,692 14,404 13,171

Time recording devices with clock mechanism or

synchronic engine for measuring time 2013 1,099 991 921 1,135

Timers with clock mechanism or synchronous motor 3,248 2,764 2,435 2,690 2,632

Other precious metal or precious metal plated items 35 346 247 106 148

Source: Prepared by the Secretary of Economic Policy based on INDEC data.

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
198,059 215,169 154,158 46,669 72,788 112,887 168,111 231,616

13,528 21,913 7,913 2,425 2,749 5,920 9,379 16,410

13,573 14,764 6,456 1,008 2,829 6,412 10,141 13,171
16,700 13,509 8,956 855 1,769 3,942 7,403 12,209
10,139 24,517 11,426 3,832 6,735 9,280 12,439 18,126

25,866 15,135 15,512 1,407 1,349 4,485 16,545 29,168

8,854 9,908 5,856 1,264 1,550 2,593 3,468 4,396

2,524 3,216 2,847 836 2,101 4,074 12,578 20,448
1,402 1,306 1,306 245 167 765 1,075 1,675

73,731 83,686 64,976 28,104 38,858 51,054 64,842 74,251

11,486 11,025 8,219 2,377 3,558 6,138 9,416 10,606

9,023 9,438 7,575 1,365 3,883 6,348 8,494 9,873
3,265 2,458 2,149 1,025 1,224 2,194 2,379 3,172
7,969 4,295 10,966 1,925 6,017 9,683 9,954 18,111
39,107 40,478 31,219 8,263 17,022 27,808 33,957 40,668
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 57 3 12 2 0 8 10

585 404 408 25 145 293 312 439

9 280 12 67 173 146 16 7

792 860 755 195 295 307 347 608

18,046 18,875 15,150 2,731 7,766 12,696 16,987 19,747
19,650 20,001 14,890 5,233 8,641 14,366 16,287 19,859
24,438 30,445 17,149 6,237 7,024 15,669 17,151 27,373

2,869 3,480 3,166 1,474 1,779 2,441 2,218 3,436

10,655 16,838 4,077 1,823 1,520 5,963 3,559 10,191

3,337 3,697 5,011 754 699 2,239 5,573 5,848

4,312 3,972 2,746 1,160 1,802 2,832 3,421 4,726

3,265 2,458 2,149 1,025 1,224 2,194 2,379 3,172

59,768 62,203 52,832 22,248 28,165 48,175 68,871 93,672
4,115 4,394 5,094 2,497 3,819 7,011 13,185 13,294
3,959 2,297 1,736 1,260 591 1,298 1,674 4,713
14,003 17,003 15,587 6,304 7,774 13,461 18,678 28,703
975 1,185 473 51 177 250 401 756

16,367 16,691 13,565 3,804 4,614 7,496 9,186 13,112

4,316 4,473 4,094 240 1,507 2,007 2,812 2,586

12,755 12,794 9,522 6,839 8,220 14,172 20,049 26,918

734 616 831 777 177 302 466 575

2,441 2,740 1,851 388 894 1,391 1,746 2,168

102 11 78 87 392 789 674 845