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Spain’sMostExported

Products

Since2007,Spanishexportshaveincreasedbymoretan20%.However,thisincreasehasn’taffecteddifferentsectorsand

productfamiliesinthesameway–whilesomehavedoubledtheir

exports,othershavelostaquarteroftheirvolume.Discoverwhichonesinthefollowingreport.

 

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nthisreportweexaminethemostrepresentativeproductsamongSpanishexports.Wewill

beusingtheclassificationoftheSpanishInstituteofForeignTrade(ICEX,inSpanish)dueto

itsclarityasopposedtotheHarmonizedSystemclassification(TARIC),whichisstillthe

industrystandard.Weintendtoanswerthefollowingquestions:

•  WhicharethemostexportedSpanishproducts?

•  Howhavetheirexportsevolvedinthepastfewyears? ICEXSectors Atthefirstleveloftheclassificationweare

using,weobservethefollowingsector-wide

distributionofSpanishexports.Weobserve

thepredominantpositionoftechnological

andindustrialproducts–70%ofexportsin

2012,asopposedtojust2%corresponding

tobeverages.However,itisimportantto

haveinmindthatwearepresenting

statisticsbasedonthevalueoftheexports,

andnotthenumberofoperationsthatwere

carriedout.

Togetabetterideaofthefrequencyof

exportsineachsector,wepresentthesameclassification,thistimebasedonthenumber

ofoperations.Weobservethatconsumer

goodsrepresentmoretanhalfofall

exports,althoughtheyonlygenerate14%of

thetotalvalue,while70%ofthevalueof

exportsaregeneratedbyonlyathirdofall

operations,focusedonindustryand

technology.

Ontheotherhand,therelativeweightofbeveragesandagri-foodexportshardly

variesbetweenvaluesandnumberof

operations. 

I

Raw materials,

Industrial

Equipment

33%

ConsumerGoods

52%

Agri‐Food

12%

Beverages

3%

MainExportsin2012(Operations)

Data: ICEX

Raw materials,

Industrial

Equipment

70%

Consumer

Goods

14%

Agri‐Food

14%

Beverages

2%

MainExportsin2012(Values)

Data: ICEX

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ProductFamilies Next,wecarryoutabreakdownofthesesectors.Weseethatinsomecategoriesone

groupofproductsisconsiderablymore

representedtanothers.Thisway,withsome

€64bninexports,IndustrialTechnology

products(vehicles,machinery,etc.)

represent41%ofallexportsintheir

category(and29%ofthetotalofexportsin

2012).

Inthesameway,exportsofWines,witha

valueof€2.5bn,represent60%ofall

beverageexports.

Fashioninturnrepresentsmorethanhalfof

allexportsofconsumergoods,withsome

€17.5bn,andthefruitandvegetablesector–

44%ofallagri-foodproducts,or€13.5bn. Ourattentionisalsodrawntothehigh

concentrationofexportsinjustafew

productcategories–thefirstseven

concentrate82.5%ofallexportsin2012. 

0 15,000 30,000 45,000 60,000 75,000

Industrial Technology

Chemical Industry

Raw materials, Intermediate goods

Environment & Energy

Mechanicals & ConstrucOon

IT

........................................................

Fashion

Household

Leisure

Cultural Industries

........................................................

Fruit & Vegetables

Meat Products

Bakery

Fats & ils

Fish & Seafood

Live animals and products

Dairy

Tobacco

Live plants & Floriculture

........................................................

Wines

Non‐alcoholic beverages

ther alcoholic beverages

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     C    o    n    s    u    m    e    r     G    o    o     d    s

     A    g    r     i  ‐     F    o    o     d     P    r    o     d    u    c     t    s

     B    e    v    e    r    a    g    e    s

ExportVolume,2012ICEXSectors

Data: ICEX, € million

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ExportEvolution Wealsowanttoknowhowexportsinthesecategorieshaveevolvedinrecentyears.In

thefollowingchartweobservethatthe

greatlossofbusinessof2009didnotaffect

themallinthesameway–theTechnology

sectorregisteredalossof18%,while

exportsofbeverageshardlydecreasedby

1%.

From2007to2012notallsectorshadthe

sameevolution–comparedtotheaverage

increaseofexportsof20.3%,different

sectorsfaredasfollows:

•  Technologysector–21%

•  Consumergoods–4%

•  Agri-foodproducts–36%

•  Beverages–40%

Amongsub-categoriesoftheICEX

classification,contrastsareevenstarker.

Since2007,theevolutionofexportvaluevariesfroma27%lossforculturalindustries

toa120%gainforenvironmentaland

energy-relatedproducts.

 

Exportsthathaveincreasedthemostsince

2007:

•  EnvironmentandEnergyproduction–

120%

•  Rawmaterials,semi-manufactures,

intermediateproducts–89%

•  Tobacco–76%

•  Meatproducts–75%

•  Wines–42%

•  Liveanimalsandbyproducts–42%

Exportsthathavedecreasedthemostsince

2007:

•  Culturalindustries–27%

•  Household–20%

•  Leisure–19%

•  IndustrialTechnology–3%

•  IT–2% 

Beverages

Agri‐Food ProductsConsumer Goods

Industry & Technology

0.

40,000,000.

80,000,000.

120,000,000.

160,000,000.

2007 2008 2009 2010

2011 2012

EvolutionofExports,2007-2012ICEXSectors

Data: ICEX, € thousands