Economic and financial section > Agricultural crisis > Volume 1

ARGENTINE.
M. Carlos BREBBIA,
Official Delegate of the Argentine Government to the International Institute
of Agriculture.
The principal factors in Argentine production, in order of importance, are agriculture
and stock-breeding.
The value of the annual average production in various branches may be divided as
follows:
Paper pesos i Percentage
in millions of total
Agricultural products 49.6
{a) Cereals 1,360 27.2
(6) Industrial crops 685 13.7
(c) Subsidiary products . . . 435 8.7
2,480
Animal products 32.6
(a) Meat 930 18.8
(b) By-products (hides, wool, etc.) 590 11.8
(c) Subsidiary products ... no 2.2
1,630
Industrial products 510 10.2
Mineral products 2.8
(a) Raw petroleum 50 1
(b) Refineries and distilleries . 50 1
(c) Other minerals 40 0.8
Forestry products 120 2.4
Various products 120 2.4
Agricultural Products.
The Argentine occupies the fourth place among the large grain producing countries
in respect of the area under cultivation and the total production, and the first place in
respect of the volume of exports.
The large surplus available for export is due to the relatively small population
compared with the fertility of the soil, and to the vast extent of the territory, which is
equal to Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy,
Poland, and Switzerland together.
1 1 paper peso == 2.20 Swiss francs.