Latin America Chart

 Country GDP-Real Growth Rate Imports Exports Currency
         

Argentina

 9.2% (2005 Est.) machinery & equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal manufactures, plastics  24% is soy & vegetable oils. 20% are industrial petrochemicals, oil & natural gas, wine is a growing export.  Exports for 2006 est 2bn Argentinian Peso
(ARS)
Bolivia  4.1% (2005 Est.) petroleum products, plastics, paper, aircraft & aircraft parts, prepared foods, automobiles, insecticides, soybeans natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin. Exports est 2.371bn
Bolivian Boliviano
(BOB)


Brazil  2.3% (2005 Est.) machinery, elictrical & transport equipment, chemical products, oil transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos
Exports est
$137,471 bn
Brazilian Real
(BRL)

Chile

 (2006 Est.)

consumer goods, chemicals, motor vehicles, fuels, electrical machinery, heavy industrial machinery, food. Imports 36.2 bn (2006)

copper, fish fruits, paper&pulp, chemicals, wine. Exports est $59.9 bn (2006)

 
Chilean peso
(CLP)


Costa Rica  6.8% (2006 Est.) machinery & equipment, raw materials, fuels; consumer goods coffee, bananas, sugar; textiles, electronic components, electricity
Costa Rican Colon
(CRC)

Ecuador  4.7% (2005 Est.) machinery & equipment, raw materials, fuels; consumer goods petroleum, bananas, shrimp, coffee, cocoa, cut flowers, fish
United States Dollar
(USD)