> ECONOMIC INFORMATION
The Province of La Pampa, traditionally dealing with livestock export, exported around 234,5 million dollars during the year 1.999. This number represents 8 % less than the previous year in monetary values, though 6 more % in physical terms.
Economic Profile
| Font: Statistics and Censuses General Direction | |
| Geographic Gross Product (2001) (in million of $) | 2.274 |
| GGP per capita (2001) (in thousands of $) | 7,58 |
| GGP Composition (2001) | |
| + Primary | 52,2% |
| + Secondary | 14,6% |
| + Tertiary | 33,2% |
| *Includes educational, sanitary, defense and safety services | ||
| Productive Situation | 2001 | Variation |
|---|---|---|
| Total (Province) | 2.274 | 100% |
| Primary Products | 1.187 | 52,2% |
| + Agricultural, Hunt and Fishing | 1.117 | 49,1% |
| + Explot. mine and quarries | 71 | 3,1% |
| Secondary Products | 333 | 14,6% |
| + Manufacturing industries | 133 | 5,9% |
| + Electricity, Gas, Water and Construction | 199 | 8,8% |
| Tertiary Products | 754 | 33,2% |
| + Trade, Restaurants and Hotels | 189 | 8,3% |
| + Transport, Storage and Communications | 53 | 2,3% |
| + IFinancial intermediation | 127 | 5,6% |
| + Social Services* | 385 | 16,9% |
| Oil and Gas | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil | ||||||
| + Production (thousands of m3) | 450,2 | 490,9 | 521,7 | 601,3 | 585,7 | 577,1 |
| + Production Prov/Country | 0,9% | 1,1% | 1,2% | 1,3% | 1,3% | 1,3% |
| Gas | ||||||
| + Production (mill. of m3) | 342,6 | 340,3 | 319,3 | 340,1 | 328,9 | 323,7 |
| + Production Prov/Country | 0,9% | 0,8% | 0,7% | 0,7% | 0,7% | 0,6% |
| Production (thousands of tn.) |
% of country | |||
| Agropecuary principal products | ||||
| 1993 | 2003 | 1993 | 2003 | |
| + Sunflower | 386 | 596 | 13,1% | 16% |
| + Wheat | 502 | 741 | 5,1% | 6% |
| + Corn | 475 | 381 | 4,4% | 2,5% |
| + Soy | 38 | 206 | 0,3% | 0,6% |
| Stock of cattle | % of country | |||
| 1993 | 2003 | 1993 | 2003 | |
| + Bovine (thousands) | 3.323 | 3.641 | 6,3% | 7,8% |
| + Ovine (thousands) | 385 | 203 | 2,3% | 1,6% |
| Honey Production | 2001 |
|---|---|
| + Quantities of beehives | 150.000 |
| + Production of honey (kg.) | 5.700.000 |
| Foreign Trade | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports (u$s MM) | 1993 | % * | 2003 | % * | Var. ´93-´03 |
| + Primary Products | 86,7 | 78% | 130,5 | 80% | 50% |
| + Agropecuary origin manuf. | 7,9 | 3% | 5,5 | 3% | -31% |
| + Industrial origin manuf. | 2,9 | 0% | 0,7 | 0% | -77% |
| + Fuels | 7,9 | 19% | 26,7 | 17% | 237% |
| Total | 105,3 | 100% | 163,2 | 100% | 55% |
| Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports principal destinies | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 |
| + Mercosur | 33% | 43% | 48% | 35% |
| + European Union | 9% | 31% | 9% | 16% |
| + NAFTA | 8% | 10% | 6% | 8% |
| + Asia - Pacífic | 10% | 0% | 15% | 9% |
| + Rest of the ALADI | 11% | 14% | 21% | 15% |
| + Rest of the World | 28% | 2% | 0% | 16% |
| *On the provincial exported whole | ||
| Exported principal products | Export. (u$s MM) |
% * |
|---|---|---|
| + Corn | 31 | 19% |
| + Crude petrolieum oil | 27 | 16% |
| + Natural honey | 17 | 10% |
| + Soy | 11 | 7% |
| + Sunflower seeds | 10 | 6% |
| + Fresh or refreshed boned meat | 4 | 2% |
Elaborated products
The elaborated products are shoes and textile with more than 2 million dollars, oil and sunflower (1 M. dollars), mill products (700 thousand dollars) 7 plaster plates.