- Basic indicators of Catalonia
- Economy
- Foreign investment and trade
- Foreign Trade according to Technological Content
- Imports of industrial products
Imports of industrial products. By technological content and groups of products
| Year-over-year variation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | Absolute | % quarter | % accumulated | |
| Imports of industrial products | 14,124.7 | -7,290.0 | -34.0 | -21.4 |
| High technology level | 2,571.1 | -243.1 | -8.6 | -7.0 |
| Pharmaceutical products | 1,700.0 | 59.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
| IT, electronic and optical products | 854.3 | -286.6 | -25.1 | -20.0 |
| Others | 16.9 | -15.7 | -48.3 | -72.6 |
| Medium-high technology level | 6,338.7 | -4,224.0 | -40.0 | -24.5 |
| Chemical products | 2,927.1 | -572.8 | -16.4 | -8.6 |
| Material and electronic equipment; machinery and vehicles | 2,999.0 | -3,528.4 | -54.1 | -34.0 |
| Others | 412.6 | -122.8 | -22.9 | -11.5 |
| Medium-low technology level | 1,960.8 | -1,217.9 | -38.3 | -26.1 |
| Rubber and plastic material, non metal mineral products and metallurgy | 1,203.7 | -575.4 | -32.3 | -19.7 |
| Metal products | 328.7 | -170.6 | -34.2 | -22.4 |
| Others | 428.4 | -471.9 | -52.4 | -39.9 |
| Low technology level | 3,254.1 | -1,605.0 | -33.0 | -19.9 |
| Food products, textiles, leather and shoes, wood and paper | 2,915.0 | -1,301.2 | -30.9 | -18.3 |
| Others | 339.1 | -303.8 | -47.3 | -31.4 |
| 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. | ||||
| Year-over-year variation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | Absolute | % quarter | % accumulated | |
| Imports of industrial products | 47,424.4 | -19,818.2 | -29.5 | -16.4 |
| High technology level | 9,614.0 | -866.6 | -8.3 | -0.7 |
| Pharmaceutical products | 4,816.8 | 721.5 | 17.6 | 16.3 |
| IT, electronic and optical products | 4,150.3 | -918.0 | -18.1 | -12.6 |
| Others | 646.9 | -670.1 | -50.9 | -8.8 |
| Medium-high technology level | 18,600.9 | -11,754.1 | -38.7 | -22.8 |
| Chemical products | 6,287.8 | -1,764.7 | -21.9 | -12.0 |
| Material and electronic equipment; machinery and vehicles | 10,954.0 | -9,747.4 | -47.1 | -28.2 |
| Others | 1,359.1 | -242.0 | -15.1 | -5.5 |
| Medium-low technology level | 7,121.5 | -3,731.9 | -34.4 | -21.2 |
| Rubber and plastic material, non metal mineral products and metallurgy | 4,922.4 | -1,988.7 | -28.8 | -17.6 |
| Metal products | 1,227.7 | -536.2 | -30.4 | -11.7 |
| Others | 971.3 | -1,207.0 | -55.4 | -38.5 |
| Low technology level | 12,088.0 | -3,465.6 | -22.3 | -10.9 |
| Food products, textiles, leather and shoes, wood and paper | 11,056.8 | -2,795.2 | -20.2 | -9.5 |
| Others | 1,031.2 | -670.4 | -39.4 | -22.9 |
| 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: September 14, 2020. Revised series on February 7, 2023. Next update: May 24, 2024 
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.