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Imports. By economic destination of the goods

Imports. By economic destination of the goods Catalonia. December, 2017
Year-over-year variation
Value Absolute % month % accumulated
Total imports 6,364.2 152.4 2.5 9.0
Consumer goods 2,278.0 131.8 6.1 7.6
Food, beverages and tobacco 417.2 -11.7 -2.7 6.0
Other consumer goods 1,860.8 143.6 8.4 8.0
Capital goods 507.1 -4.1 -0.8 8.0
Machinery and other capital goods 341.8 8.5 2.6 9.5
Transport material and other capital goods 165.2 -12.6 -7.1 5.0
Intermediate goods 3,579.2 24.7 0.7 9.9
Agricultural products, forestry and fishery 208.7 -15.9 -7.1 7.6
energy and industrial products 3,370.4 40.5 1.2 10.0
Units: Millions of euros.
Source: Idescat, based on data from the State Tax Administration Agency's Department of Customs and Special Taxes.
Imports. By economic destination of the goods Spain. December, 2017
Year-over-year variation
Value Absolute % month % accumulated
Total imports 23,228.4 183.7 0.8 10.5
Consumer goods 6,669.9 4.5 0.1 6.1
Food, beverages and tobacco 1,740.5 -44.0 -2.5 6.5
Other consumer goods 4,929.4 48.5 1.0 5.9
Capital goods 2,298.9 -0.6 0.0 9.7
Machinery and other capital goods 1,549.1 34.1 2.3 12.3
Transport material and other capital goods 749.8 -34.7 -4.4 4.5
Intermediate goods 14,259.6 179.7 1.3 12.7
Agricultural products, forestry and fishery 522.6 6.2 1.2 5.2
energy and industrial products 13,737.0 173.5 1.3 13.0
Units: Millions of euros.
Source: Idescat, based on data from the State Tax Administration Agency's Department of Customs and Special Taxes.

Last update: March 2, 2018. Revised series on February 20, 2024. Next update: November 20, 2024 Calendari

Methodological note

Idescat draws up these statistics using the most relevant information derived from data for imports to third countries, based on the Single Administrative Document (SAD), and dispatches to Community countries based on the Intrastat declaration.

The coming into force in 1993 of the Single European Market led to the elimination of border controls on trading between Community member states and, as a result, major changes in the documents, formalities and controls for exports and imports. Intrastat is a permanent and direct system for gathering data from companies in order to draw up, through consignors and consignees, statistics about the trading of goods between member states by means of a statistical declaration. Intrastat replaces the Single Administrative Document (SAD) for this trading.

The classification of products by economic destination is the result of the drawing up of a classification of foreign trade based on the purpose the goods are used for grouped by their customs tariffs (TARIC). Thus the products are shown divided into three groups: consumer goods, capital goods and intermediate goods.