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Imports of industrial products. By technological content and groups of products

Imports of industrial products. By technological content and groups of products Catalonia. 3rd quarter 2020
Year-over-year variation
Value Absolute % quarter % accumulated
Imports of industrial products 16,754.2 -3,258.1 -16.3 -19.8
High technology level 2,710.1 -89.4 -3.2 -5.7
Pharmaceutical products 1,467.3 -79.6 -5.1 1.0
IT, electronic and optical products 1,197.8 -46.9 -3.8 -14.2
Others 45.0 37.1 470.2 -32.0
Medium-high technology level 7,461.7 -1,458.6 -16.4 -22.1
Chemical products 2,726.2 -389.8 -12.5 -9.8
Material and electronic equipment; machinery and vehicles 4,222.0 -1,066.2 -20.2 -30.0
Others 513.6 -2.5 -0.5 -7.9
Medium-low technology level 2,078.4 -981.1 -32.1 -28.0
Rubber and plastic material, non metal mineral products and metallurgy 1,327.9 -221.2 -14.3 -18.0
Metal products 386.7 -84.8 -18.0 -21.0
Others 363.7 -675.2 -65.0 -48.7
Low technology level 4,504.0 -729.0 -13.9 -17.8
Food products, textiles, leather and shoes, wood and paper 3,941.7 -647.8 -14.1 -16.8
Others 562.3 -81.2 -12.6 -25.0
Units: Millions of euros.
Source: Idescat, based on data from the State Tax Administration Agency's Department of Customs and Special Taxes.
Notes:
The variation rates of the provisional data are calculated with respect to the provisional data of the previous year.
Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.
Imports of industrial products. By technological content and groups of products Spain. 3rd quarter 2020
Year-over-year variation
Value Absolute % quarter % accumulated
Imports of industrial products 58,522.9 -5,968.5 -9.3 -14.1
High technology level 10,547.0 216.1 2.1 0.2
Pharmaceutical products 4,185.9 137.7 3.4 12.0
IT, electronic and optical products 5,509.2 248.7 4.7 -6.7
Others 852.0 -170.3 -16.7 -11.2
Medium-high technology level 23,948.4 -2,372.7 -9.0 -18.6
Chemical products 6,521.5 -633.6 -8.9 -11.1
Material and electronic equipment; machinery and vehicles 15,779.6 -1,915.8 -10.8 -23.0
Others 1,647.2 176.6 12.0 0.1
Medium-low technology level 8,377.8 -2,155.4 -20.5 -21.0
Rubber and plastic material, non metal mineral products and metallurgy 5,593.1 -665.9 -10.6 -15.4
Metal products 1,505.3 -195.9 -11.5 -11.6
Others 1,279.4 -1,293.5 -50.3 -42.6
Low technology level 15,649.7 -1,656.4 -9.6 -10.4
Food products, textiles, leather and shoes, wood and paper 14,025.2 -1,535.2 -9.9 -9.6
Others 1,624.5 -121.3 -6.9 -17.4
Units: Millions of euros.
Source: Idescat, based on data from the State Tax Administration Agency's Department of Customs and Special Taxes.
Notes:
The variation rates of the provisional data are calculated with respect to the provisional data of the previous year.
Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.

Last update: December 10, 2020. Revised series on February 7, 2023. Next update: September 10, 2024 Calendari

Methodological note

The statistics for technological content (R&D) of industrial products in foreign trade is based on the most recent classification drawn up by the Eurostat of industrial sectors by research and development (R&D) effort. These statistics classify flows of exported and imported goods by the importance of their technological content.

The technological content of an industrial sector is identified by calculating R&D spending as a percentage of the sector's production volume. The concept also takes into not only the sector's own technological effort (direct R&D intensity) but also the technology built into its purchases of intermediate goods and equipment (indirect intensity). This new classification makes it possible to compare the statistical information that it is generated nationally with the one generated in Europe.

The result had been an aggregation of the industrial sectors of the Classificació catalana d'activitats econòmiques 2009 (NACE-Rev 2) in four groups according to its technological intensity: high technological level, high medium, medium low and low. These groups are divided by exports or imports to the European Union of the 27 or to the rest of the world. The values corresponding to Catalonia and Spain are generated.

Idescat has revised the series of exports and imports of industrial products since the first quarter of 1994, following the Classification of products by technological content Eurostat.