What is spanish for "accounts for"?

Question

Trying to write a report for spanish class about Chile, so anyway. I was talking about exports, and I wanted to say along the lines of "United States accounts for 15.8% of Chile's exports " I wanted to know what would be a good way of saying the "accounts for" part.
Is "Explica" the same as "accounts for", like good ol' google translator says?

Answer 1

explica would do but the most accurate word is representa. estados unidos representa el 15.8% de las exportaciones chilenas.
now where did u get that figure from? id say its a lot more but then its only me. did u try bcentral.cl, thats the central bank of chile and ull find official stats there

Answer 2

United States accounts for 15.8% of Chile's exports "
Los Estados Unidos contabiliza por el 15.8% de los exportes de Chile

Answer 3

Probably, los Esttados Unidos cuenta con 15,8% de las exportaciones de Chile. The comma between the 5 and the 8 is intentional since that's used instead of the period in Latin America.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Los Estados Unidos cuenta por 15.8% de los exportos de Chile.

hope that helps

Answer 5

The best thing to do is go to Dictionary.com it will translate anything for you in any language and its quite fun too !!

I hope this helps you ~ Good Luck !!