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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

placed on the market and the apparent consumption are discussed in section 2.2. The results
of this study are based on the data used for estimating the apparent consumption.

Figure 17: Comparison of EEE flows placed on the market as reported by imports
and domestic producers under study with respect to the apparent consumption and
units sold of EEE reported in 2019 statistics

Source: Own elaboration, 2021.

A total apparent consumption of 156 000 tons or 15 million units of EEE tracers (excluding
computing equipment) was calculated. The apparent consumption per tracer together with
the flows of WEEE managed is shown in Figure 18 (in tons) and Figure 19 (in units). Apparent
consumption trends in tons differ from the trends in product units due to differences in the
weights of the various EEE. For example, the group of large household appliances (refrigerators,
washing machines, dryers and air conditioners) dominates consumption in tons but not in
the number of units. While they account for 87.8 per cent of known apparent consumption in

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