Foreign investment and trade

Indicators

Key indicator
Indicators	Period	Value
Exports	07/2023	5.1 %
Year-over-year variation		5.1 %
Imports	07/2023	−6.5 %
Year-over-year variation		−6.5 %
High tech exports	Q2/2023	−3.3 %
Year-over-year variation		−3.3 %
High tech imports	Q2/2023	−11.8 %
Year-over-year variation		−11.8 %
Industry Competitiveness (Q1/1999=100)	Q4/2019	105.1
Index of competitiveness in industrial prices		105.1
Export climate	Q1/2023	−12.0
Balance of responses about the order book		−12.0
Foreign Investment	Q2/2023	−67.1 %
Year-over-year variation		−67.1 %
Investment abroad	Q2/2023	−57.5 %
Year-over-year variation		−57.5 %

Idescat's Statistics
Code	Name and geographical detail	Last period Geographical detail
COMEST	Foreign Trade. 07/2023. Provinces	07/2023
COMTEC	Foreign Trade according to Technological Content. Q2/2023. Catalonia	Q2/2023
PCSI	Competitive Position of the Industrial Sector. Q4/2019. Catalonia	Q4/2019

Additional statistics
Code	Name and geographical detail	Geographical detailLast period
EIE	Structural Business Statistics in the Industrial Sector. 2020. Catalonia	2020
CLEM	Business Climate Survey. Q2/2023. Catalonia	Q2/2023

Statistics from other organisms
Code	Name and geographical detail	Geographical detail
CLEX	Export Climate. Catalonia	Catalonia

The Secretary of State for Trade of Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism publishes information on external trade and foreign investments.

The Spanish Chamber of Commerce provides a data base on foreign trade.

Monogràfic sobre la competitivitat de les empreses catalanes. Nota d'economia no. 89 (2007).