Exports - partners:
Brazil 15.3%, US 10.8%, Chile 10.5%, China 8.3% (2005)

Imports:
$28.8 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal
manufactures, plastics

Imports - partners:
Brazil 34.6%, US 16.8%, China 5.4%, Germany 5.3% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$28.09 billion (2005 est.)

Debt - external:
$118.2 billion (2005 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$10 billion (2001 est.)

Currency (code):
Argentine peso (ARS)

Currency code:
ARS

Exchange rates:
Argentine pesos per US dollar - 2.9037 (2005), 2.9233 (2004),
2.9006 (2003), 3.0633 (2002), 0.9995 (2001)