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Implementation of the ITU-T International Standards for the Sustainable Management of
Electrical and Electronic Equipment: On the road to a circular economy in Argentina

Figure 16: Imports, exports, and domestic production (in units) of EEE tracers in 2019

Source: Own elaboration, 2021.

The available information allowed for estimating the apparent consumption for six out of the
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11 tracers (Figure 17), which represent the EEE categories of large household appliances,
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televisions, and telecommunication equipment. For computing equipment, it was not possible to
estimate the apparent consumption since information on national production was not available.

For reference and validation, Figure 16 also includes the available EEE sale statistics and the
reports on units placed on the market by domestic producers and importers surveyed. Sales
recorded are below apparent consumption for all tracers, which could be due to imports made
directly by consumers, which are not sales at the national level. The differences between what is

30 The apparent consumption is calculated from the UNU tool “The Global E-waste Monitor 2020 Quantities,
flows, and the Circular Economy potential,” United Nations University (UNU)/United Nations Institute for
Training and Research (UNITAR), 2020.
31 Apparent consumption could be estimated for refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, air conditioners,
flat-screen TVs, and mobile phones.

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