SpainsMostExported Products

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Since2007,Spanishexportshaveincreasedbymoretan20%. However,thisincreasehasntaffecteddifferentsectorsand productfamiliesinthesamewaywhilesomehavedoubledtheir exports,othershavelostaquarteroftheirvolume.Discoverwhich onesinthefollowingreport.

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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 andindustrialproducts70%ofexportsin 2012,asopposedtojust2%corresponding tobeverages.However,itisimportantto haveinmindthatwearepresenting statisticsbasedonthevalueoftheexports, andnotthenumberofoperationsthatwere carriedout. Togetabetterideaofthefrequencyof exportsineachsector,wepresentthesame classification,thistimebasedonthenumber ofoperations.Weobservethatconsumer goodsrepresentmoretanhalfofall exports,althoughtheyonlygenerate14%of thetotalvalue,while70%ofthevalueof exportsaregeneratedbyonlyathirdofall operations,focusedonindustryand technology. Ontheotherhand,therelativeweightof beveragesandagri-foodexportshardly variesbetweenvaluesandnumberof operations.
MainExportsin2012(Values)

Data:ICEX Beverages 2% AgriFood 14% Consumer Goods 14% Rawmaterials, Industrial Equipment 70%

MainExportsin2012(Operations)

Data:ICEX

Beverages 3% AgriFood 12% Rawmaterials, Industrial Equipment 33%

Consumer Goods 52%

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ProductFamilies
Next,wecarryoutabreakdownofthese sectors.Weseethatinsomecategoriesone groupofproductsisconsiderablymore representedtanothers.Thisway,withsome 64bninexports,IndustrialTechnology products(vehicles,machinery,etc.) represent41%ofallexportsintheir category(and29%ofthetotalofexportsin 2012). Inthesameway,exportsofWines,witha valueof2.5bn,represent60%ofall beverageexports. Fashioninturnrepresentsmorethanhalfof allexportsofconsumergoods,withsome 17.5bn,andthefruitandvegetablesector 44%ofallagri-foodproducts,or13.5bn. Ourattentionisalsodrawntothehigh concentrationofexportsinjustafew productcategoriesthefirstseven concentrate82.5%ofallexportsin2012.
ExportVolume,2012
ICEXSectors

Data:ICEX,million
0 15,000 30,000 45,000 60,000 75,000

Industry&Technology

IndustrialTechnology ChemicalIndustry Rawmaterials,Intermediategoods Environment&Energy Mechanicals&ConstrucOon IT ........................................................ Fashion Household Leisure CulturalIndustries ........................................................ Fruit&Vegetables MeatProducts

AgriFoodProducts

ConsumerGoods

Bakery Fats&Oils Fish&Seafood Liveanimalsandproducts Dairy Tobacco Liveplants&Floriculture ........................................................

Beverages

Wines Nonalcoholicbeverages Otheralcoholicbeverages

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ExportEvolution
Wealsowanttoknowhowexportsinthese categorieshaveevolvedinrecentyears.In thefollowingchartweobservethatthe greatlossofbusinessof2009didnotaffect themallinthesamewaytheTechnology sectorregisteredalossof18%,while exportsofbeverageshardlydecreasedby 1%. From2007to2012notallsectorshadthe sameevolutioncomparedtotheaverage increaseofexportsof20.3%,different sectorsfaredasfollows: Technologysector21% Consumergoods4% Agri-foodproducts36% Beverages40% Amongsub-categoriesoftheICEX classification,contrastsareevenstarker. Since2007,theevolutionofexportvalue variesfroma27%lossforculturalindustries toa120%gainforenvironmentaland energy-relatedproducts.
EvolutionofExports,2007-2012
ICEXSectors

Data:ICEX,thousands

160,000,000.

120,000,000.

80,000,000.

40,000,000. Industry&Technology ConsumerGoods AgriFoodProducts Beverages

0.

2007 2008 2009 2010

2011

2012

Exportsthathaveincreasedthemostsince 2007: EnvironmentandEnergyproduction

120%

Rawmaterials,semi-manufactures, intermediateproducts89% Tobacco76% Meatproducts75% Wines42% Liveanimalsandbyproducts42%

Exportsthathavedecreasedthemostsince 2007: Culturalindustries27% Household20% Leisure19% IndustrialTechnology3% IT2%