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Table 48. — Principal ports of Argentina and export tonnage, 1918-1923 
[Thousands of short tons— 000 omitted] 
Port 
Buenos Aires 
Rosario 
Bahia Blanca 
Santa Fe 
La Plata 
San Nicolas 
Villa Constitucion 
Zarate y Las Palmas 
Diamante 
Concepcion del Uruguay 
Campana 
Product ! 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1922 
ALF 
3,269 
4,245 
3,605 
3,094 
3,842 
A 
1,316 
2,396 
3,951 
2,691 
3,516 
A 
734 
940 
1,831 
977 
874 
AF 
100 
110 
272 
177 
446 
AL 
718 
908 
950 
529 
468 
A 
85 
169 
470 
312 
466 
A 
22 
117 
259 
259 
354 
L 
192 
212 
168 
105 
110 
A 
10 
12 
53 
21 
83 
A 
53 
39 
63 
66 
84 
L 
111 
105 
93 
29 
32 
3,958 
3,490 
1,801 
563 
511 
451 
356 
119 
100 
53 
50 
1 A= Agricultural products. L= Livestock products. F= Forest products. 
Approximate figures based on data published by the National Bureau of Statistics and the National 
Department of Agriculture. Figures converted from metric to short tons; 1 metric ton=2,204.6 pounds. 
Exports and Imports 
As may be expected in a country essentially agricultural, more 
than 95 per cent of exports from Argentina consist of agricultural 
and livestock products, as shown by Table 49 (values being con- 
verted from gold pesos to dollars at the par rate of 96 J^ cents per 
peso). 
Table 49. — Value of exports, 1922 and 1923 
Value in— 
Percentage of total 
Increase 1923 over 1922 
Groups of products 
1922 
1923 
1922 
1923 
Value 
Percent- 
age 
Agriculture - 
Dollars 
396, 128, 798 
228, 889, 497 
15, 775, 665 
11,554,438 
Dollars 
399, 217, 932 
312, 368, 439 
17, 158, 859 
15, 618, 388 
Per cent 
60.7 
35.1 
2.4 
1.8 
Per cent 
53.6 
42.0 
2.3 
2.1 
Dollars 
3, 089, 134 
83, 478, 942 
1, 383, 194 
4, 063, 950 
Per cent 
0.8 
36.5 
Forest _ 
8.8 
Other 
35.2 
Total 
652, 348, 398 
744, 363, 618 
100.0 
100.0 
92, 015, 220 
14.1 
Table 50. — Value of imports and exports and amounts free and subject to duty 
1922 
1923 
Increase 1923 over 1922 
Item 
Value 
Percent- 
age 
Imports: 
Dollars 
488, 482, 784 
177, 025, 096 
Dollars 
652, 309. 716 
185, 725, 326 
Dollars 
163. 826, 932 
8, 700, 230 
Per cent 
33.5 
Free 
4.9 
Total 
665, 507, 880 
449, 375, 258 
202, 972, 751 
838, 035, 042 
519, 231, 403 
215, 482, 215 
172, 527, 162 
69, 856, 145 
12, 509, 464 
25.9 
Exports: 
Subject to duty. . . . ._. 
15.5 
Free. .. .. ___. 
6.2 
Total ._. 
652, 348, 009 
734, 713, 618 
82, 365, 609 
12.6 
Excess of imports over exports .. 
13, 159, 871 
103, 321, 424 
90, 161, 553 
685.1 
The imports include raw materials and manufactured articles, 
electrical appliances, textiles, alcoholic liquors, leather goods, lumber, 
furniture, machinery, breeding animals, edible oils, dried and pre- 
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