Monday, January 24, 2011

Sunday, January 16, 2011

E-commerce Catalan company Trilogi sets office in Beijing

From http://www.expansion.com/2011/01/11/catalunya/1294782696.html (in Spanish)

E-commerce Catalan company Trilogi has decided to open an office in Beijing during 2011, as a first step towards establishing itself in the Chinese market. Trilogi already has an office in Hong Kong and from both the company is aiming at Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia markets on the mid-term. The prospects for chinese e-commerce are extremely favourable, since there are estimations that say that by 2015 it will already be the main sales channel in China.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Passengers increase in Barcelona airport in 2010

From http://www.catalannewsagency.com/news/business/barcelona-airport-saw-increase-65-passenger-traffic-last-year (in English) and http://www.expansion.com/2011/01/13/catalunya/1294956005.html (in Spanish)

In 2010, the number of passengers at the Barcelona airport increased 6.5% compared to the figures of the previous year, reaching 29.1 million. Of them, 60% were passengers of international flights. This increase represents the second largest in Europe, after Rome's Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino airport. Vueling was the leading company, with 7.22 million passengers. Among the companies that will seek an expansion in 2011 it is necessary to mention Spanair, that will start its flight to Sao Paulo on March 28th, 2011, and Emirates, that plans to connect Dubai and Barcelona soon. Turkish Airlines also announced that will operate new flights from Barcelona sometime soon.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Catalonia, strategic destination for Hong Kong and Singapore companies

From http://www.acc10.cat/ACC1O/cat/empresa-ACC1O/premsa/noticies-notes-premsa/101201x.jsp (in Catalan)

Some 40 local companies have recently attended the conference "Barcelona-Catalonia, Gateway to Europe", which was organized in Hong Kong and was aimed at promoting Catalonia as a strategic area for company investments. Another conference, "Barcelona-Catalonia, the Logistics Hub in Europe", was organized in Singapore the following day and was aimed at highlighting Catalonia as a main logistic center in southern Europe. The Catalan delegation included top staff from Invest in Catalonia and the municipality of Barcelona.  The conference in Singapore was organized in collaboration with Singapore Logistics Association and Singapore Airlines Cargo, who explained the reasons of their investments in Catalonia, and had the participation of representatives of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, currently the most important logistic center in the world.

Catalonia's inflation rate in 2010 reaches 3.0%

From http://www.catalannewsagency.com/news/business/inflation-rate-catalonia-set-3-2010 (in English)

With the increase of 0.7% of the December, 2010 inflation rate in Catalonia has reached 3.0%, the same annual value for overall Spain. This increase in the final month has been caused mostly by the increase of prices of tobacco and fuel.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

List of Chinese-Spanish agreements

From http://www.icex.es/icex/cda/controller/pageICEX/0,6558,5518394_5519005_6366453_4426995,00.html (in Spanish)

The above website address offers the detailed list of the sixteen agreements in the recent visit of Li Keqiang to Spain, twelve of economic collaboration and four between the governments.

China promises to buy Spanish bonds

From http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e6007b9c-18f2-11e0-9c12-00144feab49a.html#axzz1AUBoBAO8 (in Spanish)

Li Keqiang, Chinese deputy premier, has recently visited Spain and promised to buy sovereign bonds to help the eurozone come out of its public debt crisis. During his visit, he met Spanish primer minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zatapero, and King Juan Carlos. Deals include agreements to sell Spanish olive oil, wine and ham, plus a contract to supply air traffic control systems to China, a banking cooperation agreement and an extension of the cooperation between Sinopec and Repsol. China is also seeking the lifting of the EU embargo on arms sales and a better access to European markets.