Following is detailed information about exports by good groups of Ecuador's economy.

EXPORTS BY GOOD GROUPS (1997)

	Group	US$ thousands	%
1	Live animals / products	996,745	18.93
2	Vegetable products	1,658,469	31.50
3	Animal / vegetable fats	13,936	0.26
4	Processed foods / tobacco	475,335	9.03
5	Mineral products	1,561,122	29.65
6	Chemical / industrial products	47,771	0.91
7	Plastics / rubber	46	0.00
8	Animal hides / skins	3	0.00
9	Wood / wood articles	89	0.00
10	Paper / cellulose material	14,917	0.28
11	Textiles	82,384	1.56
12	Footwear / misc. articles	10,125	0.19
13	Stone / glassware	27,105	0.51
14	Precious / semiprecious materials	66,052	1.25
15	Base metals	43,964	0.84
16	Machinery / electrical equipment	23,256	0.44
17	Motor vehicles / vessels	82,947	1.58
18	Precision instruments	320	0.01
19	Arms / munitions	..	..
20	Misc. manufactured articles	21,379	0.41
21	Art / antiques	3	0.00
22	Other	..	..
	Total	5,264,300	100.00

* Source: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)