half of the products in the list have high productivity levels as it is shown by the groups highlighted in Table 5. Not surprisingly, most of these products reflect a higher level of industrial manufacturing.

**Table 5**

**High Growing Argentine Exports 2004**

|**Growth**<br>**Ranking**|<br><br>**Code**|**Description**|**Growth***<br>**%**|**Export**<br>**value**<br>**Thousands**<br>|**Exports**<br>**share**<br>**%**|**Product**<br>**income**<br>**2000 PPP $**|**Distance**<br>**to export**<br>**basket**|<br><br>**RCA**|**Exports**<br>**ranking**|**Product**<br>**income**<br>**ranking**<br>|**Distance**<br>**ranking**|**RCA**<br>**ranking**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**2000 US$**|||||||||
|1|1514|Rape colza or mustard oil and frac|-|3903.5|0.012%|18610.3|1.70|0.52|370|433|355|286|
|1<br>|2609<br>|,<br>Tin ores and concentrates<br>|-|,<br>0.3<br>|0.000%<br>|,<br>2,152.0<br>|1.83<br>|0.00<br>|1109<br>|1132<br>|580<br>|1066<br>|
|1<br>|2705<br>|Coal gas, water gas, producer gas a<br>|-|0.2<br>|0.000%<br>|11,700.8<br>|2.03<br>|0.00<br>|1117<br>|903<br>|921<br>|1053<br>|
|1|7101|Pearls natural,cultured,graded/ungr|-|0.1|0.000%|25,758.7|2.26|0.00|1122|42|1089|1133|
|1|6906|Ceramic pipes,conduits,guttering an|-|0.0|0.000%|24,232.9|1.97|0.00|1136|88|820|1129|
|2|2616|Precious metal ores and concentrate|37,021,669|9,233.8|0.028%|3,808.7|1.25|4.78|248|1118|14|66|
|3<br>|5802<br>|Terry towelling and similar woven t<br>|987,501<br>|8,141.6<br>|0.025%<br>|9,557.8<br>|1.57<br>|15.44<br>|260<br>|1013<br>|198<br>|21<br>|
|4<br>5|2619<br>4405|Slag, dross, etc, from the manufact<br>Wood wool; wood flour|312,733<br>115,375|104.5<br>6.8|0.000%<br>0.000%|17,404.9<br>19,097.5|1.72<br>1.85|0.23<br>0.03|851<br>1034|545<br>397|395<br>611|429<br>801|
|6|8108|<br>Titanium and articles thereof,inclu|32,833|1,824.6|0.006%|26,442.1|2.13|0.25|474|29|1027|408|
|7|2814|Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous so|31,916|17,853.1|0.054%|11,256.5|1.35|1.75|171|935|30|144|
|8|7106|Silver(plated with gold,platinum)un|22,786|3,276.0|0.010%|10,584.2|1.77|0.15|398|967|464|514|
|9|3102|Mineral or chemical fertilizers, ni<br>|16,798|83,049.2|0.252%|11,811.9|1.49|4.01|53|892|113|79|
|10|5305|Coconut, abaca, ramie, etc, not spu|15,891|3.2|0.000%|6,035.9|1.98|0.02|1062|1092|841|855|
|11|0812|Fruit and nuts,provisionally preser|15,782|116.9|0.000%|1,091.1|1.60|0.21|838|1138|230|447|
|12|0814|Peel of citrus fruit or melons, fre|11,792|847.3|0.003%|6,402.5|1.40|5.46|576|1084|57|59|
|13|7801|Unwrought lead|10,968|21,266.6|0.065%|12,885.9|1.44|2.78|154|837|80|104|
|14|6113|Garments made up of knitted or croc|10,246|39.4|0.000%|16,027.0|2.06|0.03|930|642|961|838|
|15|1518|Animal or vegetable fats and oils..|8,221|34,804.1|0.106%|17,059.2|1.60|16.35|108|574|221|18|
|16<br>|9204<br>|Accordions and similar instruments;<br>|5,078<br>|1.4<br>|0.000%<br>|13,019.8<br>|2.16<br>|0.00<br>|1088<br>|831<br>|1044<br>|1007<br>|
|17|3815|Reaction initiators, accelerators a|5,036|23,015.1|0.070%|24,007.6|2.03|0.98|145|100|928|205|
|18|7118|Coin|3,768|358.6|0.001%|19,459.4|1.80|0.38|700|371|529|338|
|19|7804|Lead plates,sheets,strip and foil;l|3,700|559.9|0.002%|25,015.9|1.97|0.76|625|63|821|229|
|20|7609|<br>Aluminium tube or pipe fittings(cou|3,229|5,117.0|0.016%|17,120.5|1.62|3.64|324|567|250|87|
|21|0104|Live sheep and goats|3,205|1,358.7|0.004%|11,657.3|1.55|0.57|518|907|163|270|
|22|2707|Products of the distillation of coa|2,962|38,239.2|0.116%|9,834.8|1.42|1.39|98|1003|72|165|
|23|8602|Other rail locomotives;locomotive t|2,448|68.8|0.000%|13,904.1|1.91|0.01|891|776|722|920|
|24|0810|Other fruit, fresh, nes|2,131|16,523.9|0.050%|15,656.3|1.42|1.21|184|669|71|184|
|25|0811|Fruit and nuts, frozen|1,909|8,744.5|0.027%|10,855.1|1.49|1.46|253|955|115|159|
|26|0210|Meat and offal, salted... or smoked|1,899|2,477.4|0.008%|25,177.6|1.67|0.22|437|56|326|439|
|27|7004|Drawn glass and blown glass,etc.|1,877|37.4|0.000%|12,282.9|2.01|0.03|932|872|899|800|
|28|7225|Flat-rolled products of other alloy|1,790|662.9|0.002%|21,528.7|2.08|0.02|603|229|975|902|
|29|9706|Antiques of an age exceeding one hu|1,737|305.3|0.001%|28,434.8|2.18|0.03|716|10|1057|803|
|30|2817|<br>Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide|1,662|4,431.6|0.013%|10,561.2|1.49|2.23|349|969|109|123|
|31|5609|Articles of yarn, strip, etc, twine|1,609|215.1|0.001%|17,413.4|1.88|0.32|765|544|679|359|
|32|1105|Flour, meal, flakes, granules and p|1,500|2,716.1|0.008%|22,264.0|1.50|2.17|422|176|124|128|
|33|7001|<br>Cullet and other waste and scrap of|1,466|85.8|0.000%|16,047.8|1.88|0.08|866|641|685|635|
|34|8906|Other vessels including warships,li|1,413|76.0|0.000%|17,889.0|1.71|0.02|882|501|364|846|
|35|2517|Pebbles, gravel, etc; macadam of sl|1,405|650.9|0.002%|12,891.7|1.82|0.12|607|836|568|558|
|36|0404|Whey and other natural milk constit|1,385|20,699.1|0.063%|21,298.1|1.51|2.79|157|243|132|102|
|37|2102|Yeasts; other single-cell micro-org|1,364|11,836.9|0.036%|10,530.8|1.55|3.31|213|972|167|92|
|38|7224|Other alloy steel in ingots etc.sem|1,350|16,090.4|0.049%|17,720.7|1.71|2.60|188|515|375|112|
|39|2818|Artificial corundum; aluminium oxid|1,338|656.2|0.002%|22,188.8|1.65|0.02|605|182|289|864|
|40|6803|Worked slate and articles of slare|1,301|740.8|0.002%|19,070.2|1.64|0.28|590|401|276|389|
|41|4409|Wood, continuously shaped along any|1,244|36,245.1|0.110%|10,282.8|1.49|2.18|102|989|111|127|
|42|8004|<br>Tin plates,sheets and strip of a th|1,231|0.9|0.000%|15,868.5|1.76|0.01|1094|648|446|956|
|43|7806|Other articles of lead|1,165|177.9|0.001%|15,610.4|1.71|0.29|791|673|368|382|
|44|8444|Machines for extruding,drawing,text|1,125|1,532.6|0.005%|24,070.5|2.44|0.49|498|96|1131|289|
|45|6809|<br>Articles of plaster or of compositi|1,061|9,166.7|0.028%|10,780.8|1.57|1.99|251|958|183|133|
|46|8404|Auxiliary plant for use with boiler|972|1,077.2|0.003%|20,423.2|1.77|0.35|549|300|470|347|
|47|7206|<br>Iron,non-alloy steel in ingots/othe|968|79.1|0.000%|9,498.8|1.77|0.09|878|1018|468|620|
|48|5206|Cotton yarn, with <85% cotton, not|955|1,546.5|0.005%|16,736.2|1.75|0.52|494|599|437|285|
|49<br>|4503<br>|Articles of natural cork<br>|953<br>|1,942.5<br>|0.006%<br>|16,740.3<br>|1.80<br>|0.52<br>|467<br>|598<br>|534<br>|284<br>|
|50|2939|Vegetable alkaloids and their salts|912|1,088.6|0.003%|19,114.9|2.07|0.17|547|396|969|485|

* Growth was calculated between 2004 and the average value of the 1994-99 period Source: Author's calculations based on WITS-Comtrade database

Figures 13 and 14 summarize the findings of this section. They show the export value and product income in 2004 for Argentina weighted by export shares. Products are ranked according to high and low productivity for the top 50 larger exports and for the top 50 “new” exports. In Figure 13 we observe that the export value of the low productivity goods is, on average, double the value of the high productivity goods. Specifically, it is 2.5 times higher for the top 50 and 2 times higher for 18