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Argentina - Economy
Currency : Peso (ARS) = 100 Centavos
Rate of exchange (Sept.2004) :

1 Euro = 3.63 Peso (ARS)

GDP (Gross Domestic Product), 2002 : 103 billion dollars
GDP per capita, 2002 : 2659 dollars
GNP (Gross National Product), 2005 : 173 billion dollars
GNP per capita, 2005 : 4466 dollars

Argentina - Miscellaneous information
 CONSUMPTION (individual / year) (world rank 1997) :
- Wine = 40 l (4)
- Cheese = 11 Kg (16)
 MAIN NATURAL RESOURCES (world rank 2003) :
- Sun-flowers (1)
- Soya (3) (transgenic)
- Pears (3)
- Lemons (3)
- Corn (5)
- Tea (9)
- Wheat (11)
- Sugar cane (14)
- Oranges (16)
- Potatoes (24)
- Cotton (27)
 - Oxen (5)
- Sheeps (19)
 - Silver (15)
- Copper (15)
- Gold (17)
- Zinc (25)
- Lead (30)
- Natural gas (15)
- Oil (22)
 OTHER RESOURCES & PRODUCTS (world rank 2003) :
- Wine (6)
- Cheese (7)
 RECORDS :
- Highest mountain in South America = Aconcagua (Andes ; 6960 m).
- Lowest recorded temperature in South America = -33°C / -27°F (Sarmiento, 1907-June 01).
- Highest recorded temperature in South America = 49°C / 120°F (Rivadavia, 1905-Dec.11).

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