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By technological content and groups of products

Foreign Trade according to Technological Content. By technological content and groups of products Catalonia. 1st quarter 2025 (p)
Year-over-year variation
Value Absolute % quarter % accumulated
Total exports of industrial products 23,834.8 692.8 3.0 3.0
High technology level 2,946.3 105.3 3.7 3.7
Pharmaceutical products 2,153.4 -76.1 -3.4 -3.4
IT, electronic and optical products 736.7 140.4 23.6 23.6
Others 56.1 40.9 269.4 269.4
Middle-high technology level 11,605.3 287.4 2.5 2.5
Chemical products 5,200.1 709.5 15.8 15.8
Material and electronic equipment; machinery and vehicles 5,963.3 -468.9 -7.3 -7.3
Others 441.9 46.8 11.8 11.8
Middle-low technology level 2,929.3 -64.6 -2.2 -2.2
Rubber and plastic material, non metal mineral products and metallurgy 1,795.6 22.2 1.3 1.3
Metal products 630.7 17.8 2.9 2.9
Others 503.0 -104.6 -17.2 -17.2
Low technology level 6,354.0 364.7 6.1 6.1
Food products, textiles, leather and shoes, wood and paper 5,784.4 300.6 5.5 5.5
Others 569.6 64.1 12.7 12.7
Total imports of industrial products 26,164.4 2,576.0 10.9 10.9
High technology level 3,468.6 233.9 7.2 7.2
Pharmaceutical products 2,049.4 124.4 6.5 6.5
IT, electronic and optical products 1,364.5 111.9 8.9 8.9
Others 54.6 -2.4 -4.2 -4.2
Medium-high technology level 12,480.3 1,012.6 8.8 8.8
Chemical products 4,016.2 300.1 8.1 8.1
Material and electronic equipment; machinery and vehicles 7,693.2 630.4 8.9 8.9
Others 770.9 82.0 11.9 11.9
Medium-low technology level 3,948.3 481.9 13.9 13.9
Rubber and plastic material, non metal mineral products and metallurgy 2,274.9 205.1 9.9 9.9
Metal products 709.7 137.0 23.9 23.9
Others 963.7 139.7 17.0 17.0
Low technology level 6,267.3 847.6 15.6 15.6
Food products, textiles, leather and shoes, wood and paper 5,583.0 727.1 15.0 15.0
Others 684.3 120.5 21.4 21.4
Units: Million euros.
Source: Idescat, based on the State Tax Administration Agency's Department of Customs and Special Taxes.
(p) Provisional data.
Foreign Trade according to Technological Content. By technological content and groups of products Spain. 1st quarter 2025 (p)
Year-over-year variation
Value Absolute % quarter % accumulated
Total exports of industrial products 84,375.8 1,508.8 1.8 1.8
High technology level 9,828.4 1,464.1 17.5 17.5
Pharmaceutical products 5,338.0 1,112.8 26.3 26.3
IT, electronic and optical products 2,213.0 110.0 5.2 5.2
Others 2,277.4 241.3 11.8 11.8
Middle-high technology level 34,682.5 -805.0 -2.3 -2.3
Chemical products 10,221.9 1,147.7 12.6 12.6
Material and electronic equipment; machinery and vehicles 22,868.5 -2,143.0 -8.6 -8.6
Others 1,592.1 190.3 13.6 13.6
Middle-low technology level 17,459.9 -271.1 -1.5 -1.5
Rubber and plastic material, non metal mineral products and metallurgy 11,281.8 885.2 8.5 8.5
Metal products 2,735.7 -59.1 -2.1 -2.1
Others 3,442.4 -1,097.1 -24.2 -24.2
Low technology level 22,405.0 1,120.8 5.3 5.3
Food products, textiles, leather and shoes, wood and paper 20,988.7 1,025.2 5.1 5.1
Others 1,416.2 95.6 7.2 7.2
Total imports of industrial products 90,404.6 7,777.2 9.4 9.4
High technology level 16,027.8 2,362.2 17.3 17.3
Pharmaceutical products 7,260.8 1,989.7 37.7 37.7
IT, electronic and optical products 6,757.5 -5.2 -0.1 -0.1
Others 2,009.5 377.8 23.2 23.2
Medium-high technology level 37,637.4 1,890.9 5.3 5.3
Chemical products 10,124.4 1,136.1 12.6 12.6
Material and electronic equipment; machinery and vehicles 25,091.0 579.6 2.4 2.4
Others 2,422.1 175.1 7.8 7.8
Medium-low technology level 14,817.2 1,124.9 8.2 8.2
Rubber and plastic material, non metal mineral products and metallurgy 9,250.8 622.5 7.2 7.2
Metal products 2,670.4 362.2 15.7 15.7
Others 2,896.0 140.3 5.1 5.1
Low technology level 21,922.1 2,399.2 12.3 12.3
Food products, textiles, leather and shoes, wood and paper 19,861.5 2,106.1 11.9 11.9
Others 2,060.6 293.2 16.6 16.6
Units: Million euros.
Source: Idescat, based on the State Tax Administration Agency's Department of Customs and Special Taxes.
(p) Provisional data.

Last update: June 27, 2025. Next update: September 10, 2025 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.