Summary
- Share of its imports
- 32.5%
- Value imported
- $37.1billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 287
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 98
- Dominated value
- $16.1billion
- Share of total imports
- 14.2%
Trend
Trend in shares
Spain went from 20.9% to 32.5% of what Portugal buys
Share (%)
- Spain 32.5%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 7,213 | 20.9% | 1 |
| 1996 | 7,938 | 22.6% | 1 |
| 1997 | 8,511 | 23.5% | 1 |
| 1998 | 9,423 | 24.3% | 1 |
| 1999 | 10,492 | 25.2% | 1 |
| 2000 | 10,574 | 25.4% | 1 |
| 2001 | 11,179 | 27% | 1 |
| 2002 | 11,775 | 28.3% | 1 |
| 2003 | 14,433 | 29.7% | 1 |
| 2004 | 17,229 | 29.1% | 1 |
| 2005 | 19,759 | 29.7% | 1 |
| 2006 | 21,819 | 30.1% | 1 |
| 2007 | 25,752 | 30.4% | 1 |
| 2008 | 28,938 | 30.1% | 1 |
| 2009 | 23,607 | 31.6% | 1 |
| 2010 | 24,913 | 30.9% | 1 |
| 2011 | 26,628 | 31.2% | 1 |
| 2012 | 23,074 | 30.8% | 1 |
| 2013 | 24,504 | 31.4% | 1 |
| 2014 | 25,691 | 31.7% | 1 |
| 2015 | 22,234 | 32.4% | 1 |
| 2016 | 22,702 | 31.6% | 1 |
| 2017 | 25,353 | 31.1% | 1 |
| 2018 | 29,966 | 31% | 1 |
| 2019 | 27,235 | 29.8% | 1 |
| 2020 | 25,174 | 31.8% | 1 |
| 2021 | 32,178 | 32.2% | 1 |
| 2022 | 36,835 | 31.6% | 1 |
| 2023 | 38,133 | 33.3% | 1 |
| 2024 | 37,075 | 32.5% | 1 |
Products where Spain sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity | Spain | 100%over 75% | — | $1.1 billion |
| Olive oil | Spain | 88.3%over 75% | Tunisia · 4.6% | $559 million |
| Bread, biscuits and pastries | Spain | 65.2% | Germany · 9.7% | $454 million |
| Fresh beef | Spain | 53.6% | Netherlands · 19.2% | $435 million |
| Pork | Spain | 94.3%over 75% | Netherlands · 1.7% | $380 million |
| Cables and wire | Spain | 52.5% | Germany · 8.6% | $353 million |
| Unwrought aluminum | Spain | 63.4% | Norway · 19.8% | $342 million |
| Copper wire | Spain | 61.5% | Belgium · 14.4% | $308 million |
| Women's suits and dresses | Spain | 59.4% | China · 6.7% | $288 million |
| Pet and animal feed | Spain | 61.3% | France · 13.3% | $282 million |
| Detergents and surfactants | Spain | 54.9% | Netherlands · 9.5% | $246 million |
| Toilet paper and tissues | Spain | 74.3% | Germany · 6.8% | $237 million |
| Steel bars | Spain | 94%over 75% | France · 1.8% | $236 million |
| Plastic packaging | Spain | 56.1% | Germany · 10.5% | $232 million |
| Sweaters and pullovers | Spain | 56.9% | Italy · 7.1% | $230 million |
| Makeup and skin care | Spain | 55.2% | France · 17.5% | $220 million |
| Uncoated paper | Spain | 83.2%over 75% | France · 4.1% | $217 million |
| Prepared shellfish | Spain | 64.6% | Mauritania · 6.5% | $207 million |
| Poultry meat | Spain | 65.9% | Netherlands · 11.1% | $195 million |
| Steel structures | Spain | 51.1% | China · 11.3% | $192 million |
| Live pigs | Spain | 98.3%over 75% | Belgium · 1.1% | $191 million |
| Soft drinks | Spain | 80.8%over 75% | Germany · 4.6% | $186 million |
| Yogurt and fermented milk | Spain | 73.5% | Germany · 12.6% | $181 million |
| Perfumes | Spain | 67.2% | France · 14.7% | $177 million |
| Aluminum bars and profiles | Spain | 75.8%over 75% | Germany · 6.2% | $175 million |
| Prepared fish and caviar | Spain | 51.8% | China · 18.5% | $161 million |
| Logs | Spain | 57.9% | Brazil · 24.6% | $156 million |
| Motorcycles | Spain | 59.1% | China · 9.4% | $149 million |
| Pesticides and herbicides | Spain | 55.8% | Germany · 9.6% | $148 million |
| Natural cork, raw | Spain | 85.4%over 75% | Italy · 6.8% | $143 million |
and 257 more
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- Spain sells 2.8% of what the world exports of electricity; next come France (14%), Germany (6.8%) and Switzerland (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 56 times what Portugal buys from Spain.
- Spain sells 43.3% of what the world exports of olive oil; next come Italy (18.8%), Tunisia (10%) and Greece (6.2%). The rest of the world exported 13.6 times what Portugal buys from Spain.
- Spain sells 3.8% of what the world exports of bread, biscuits and pastries; next come Germany (10.2%), Canada (9.7%) and Italy (7.8%). The rest of the world exported 122.6 times what Portugal buys from Spain.
- Spain sells 3.8% of what the world exports of fresh beef; next come United States (13.2%), Australia (10.9%) and Canada (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 72.1 times what Portugal buys from Spain.
- Spain sells 16.6% of what the world exports of pork; next come United States (18%), Germany (11.1%) and Canada (9%). The rest of the world exported 80.5 times what Portugal buys from Spain.
- Spain sells 1.8% of what the world exports of cables and wire; next come China (20.3%), Mexico (11.1%) and United States (6%). The rest of the world exported 465.4 times what Portugal buys from Spain.
- Spain sells 0.96% of what the world exports of unwrought aluminum; next come Canada (10.9%), United Arab Emirates (9.5%) and Russia (9.4%). The rest of the world exported 223.9 times what Portugal buys from Spain.
- Spain sells 6.7% of what the world exports of copper wire; next come Germany (12.4%), United Arab Emirates (8.3%) and Belgium (7.2%). The rest of the world exported 91 times what Portugal buys from Spain.
- Spain sells 3.1% of what the world exports of women's suits and dresses; next come China (28.1%), Bangladesh (9.3%) and Turkey (6.7%). The rest of the world exported 224.5 times what Portugal buys from Spain.
- Spain sells 3% of what the world exports of pet and animal feed; next come Germany (9.9%), United States (9.5%) and Netherlands (8.9%). The rest of the world exported 158.3 times what Portugal buys from Spain.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from Spain
Portugal is Spain’s 3rd-largest customer, with 9.4% of its exports.
Links
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.