Exports: $26 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.)
Exports—commodities: cereals, feed, motor vehicles, crude
petroleum, steel manufactures
Exports—partners: Brazil 31%, US 8%, Chile 7.0%, China 3%,
Uruguay 3% (1997 est.)
Imports: $32 billion (c.i.f., 1998 est.)
Imports—commodities: motor vehicles, motor vehicle parts, organic
chemicals, telecommunications equipment, plastics
Imports—partners: Brazil 23%, US 20%, Italy 6%, Germany 5%,
France 5% (1997)
Debt—external: $133 billion (1998 est.)
Economic aid—recipient: $2.833 billion (1995)
Currency: 1 peso = 100 centavos
Exchange rates: peso is pegged to the US dollar at an exchange rate of 1 peso = $1