Infographic of Catalan exports of 2012

From http://www.anella.cat/web/portal/eines/-/custom_publisher/6UgO/28471798/Les-exportacions-catalanes-al-2012 (in Catalan)

Despite being in Catalan language, this infographic summarizes exports of Catalan companies in 2012 in a clear and easy to understand way. These are the main data contained in it:

• The countries that receive a higher percentage of Catalan exports are France (17.2%), Germany (11.5%) and Italy (8.1%). China, despite growing an increasing market for Catalan companies, for the moment only represents 1.7%.


• Catalan exports reached their absolute record in 2012, totaling 58 billion € and growing a higher percentage than those of European reference countries such as Germany, France, The Netherlands or Finland.


• If the rest of Spain is included, Catalonia would be the 8th best European exporting country, well above the EU average.


• The sectors that led the growth of exports in 2012 were the food, automobile and machine industries.


• The regions of the world in which Catalan exports grew most in 2012 were Pacific (61.4%), Africa (23.9%), Latin America (20.9%) and Asia (15.5%).


• Based on the total sales, the leading exporting sectors were the chemical industry (25.9%) followed by automobile industry (16.5%) and food industry (11.6%).


• Catalan companies are already exporting more to the rest of the world (54.3%) than in its traditional market, the rest of Spain (45.7%).


• According to the statistics of the 4th trimester, the forecast of the most active markets for the next 12 months are Latin America, North Africa, Middle East, China and India.


• The sectors that offer better opportunities of business are environment and energy, water, food and drinks, chemical and pharmaceutical, biotechnology, urban sustainability and efficient use of resources.

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