A.  COUNTRY DATA

1.  Profile
    - population: 32.6 million (1990 census)
    - population growth rate: 1.4 pct per annum
    - religion: Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic)
    - government system: constitutional federal republic
    - language: Spanish
    - work week: Monday - Friday

2.  Domestic Economy
(in US$ millions, except as noted)

                              1993      1994      1995

GDP                          255326    276239    297930
Real GDP growth rate (pct)      6.4       4.5       4.5
GDP per capita (us$ thousand   7644      8170      8707
Federal Govt Spending
  (pct of GDP)                  n/a       n/a       n/a
Consumer price inflation (pct) 10.6       3.5       3.2
Urban unemployment (pct)        9.3       9.3       8.3
Foreign exchange reserves
  held by Central Bank        17222     20000     23000
Average foreign exchange rate
  (per US$1)                    1.0       1.0       1.0
Total foreign debt           227000    259000    289000
Debt service ratio (pct)        n/a       n/a       n/a
U.S. economic & military
  assistance                    1.8       1.6       0.1

3.  Trade in Goods
(in US$ millions, except as noted)

                              1993      1994      1995

Total exports                13090     15102     17734
Total imports                16786     18401     20078
U.S. Exports                  3859      4300      4500
U.S imports                   1273      1400      1600
U.S. share of Argentine
  imports (pct)                 23        23        22

Imports of manufactured goods
- total                       9500     11500     14500
- from United States          3559      4100      4900
- U.S. share of total (pct)   37.4      35.6      33.8
- U.S. trade surplus in
    manufactured goods        2957      3500      3800
- projected average annual
    growth rate for manf.
    imports from world (pct)     18       15        20


Trade balance with three leading partners (1993)
(in US$ millions, except as noted)

                   Arg.  Exports  Arg.  Imports  Balance

- Brazil                2791           3570       -779
- United States         1273           3859      -2585
- Germany                629           1024       -395

Principal U.S. exports (1993)
- computer parts and accessories
- transport and passenger vehicles
- computers
- gas turbines
- agricultural chemicals (herbicides & others)
- parts/accessories for oil field rigs

Principal U.S. imports (1993)
- prepared beef products
- fruit juices
- tobacco
- crude petroleum and other by-products
- hides and related products
- tea

4.  INVESTMENT

The Government of Argentina maintains no records on the flow of
capital into or out of the country.  There are no reliable
alternate sources for this data.