Spain also garners significant revenue from exported, olive oil, pork, citrus fruits and wine.
The following list shows which Spanish exports generated the most money from international sales during 2017. Unlike most information currently available on the web, the items below are detailed at the 4-digit tariff code level.
Specific data on export sales can help entrepreneurs identify precisely which products in which Spain has strong competitive advantages over other nations — and where there are potential opportunities for innovation.
For the most recent four-digit HTS code data, please see the Searchable List of Spain’s Most Valuable Exports Products section in the Spain’s Top 10 Exports article. For a link to that article, see the See also paragraph above Research Sources below.
Highest Value Spanish Export Products
Below are the 20 highest value export products shipped from Spain in 2017. Shown within brackets for each item is the year-over-year percentage change in value.
- Cars: US$35.7 billion (up 0.4% since 2016)
- Processed petroleum oils: $12.7 billion (up 53.3%)
- Automobile parts/accessories: $10.9 billion (up 8.8%)
- Medication mixes in dosage: $7.7 billion (up 3%)
- Trucks: $6 billion (up 2.3%)
- Olive oil: $4.1 billion (up 18%)
- Swine meat: $4.1 billion (up 14.7%)
- Aircraft, spacecraft: $3.8 billion (up 138%)
- Fresh or dried citrus fruit: $3.6 billion (up 2.6%)
- Wine: $3.3 billion (up 10.4%)
- Women’s clothing (not knit or crochet): $3.1 billion (up 18.4%)
- Unglazed ceramic goods: $3 billion (up 1,306%)
- Aircraft parts: $2.7 billion (down -21.9%)
- Blood fractions (including antisera): $2.5 billion (up 8.9%)
- Insulated wire/cable: $2.2 billion (up 14%)
- Rubber tires (new): $2.1 billion (up 4.4%)
- Copper ores, concentrates: $2.1 billion (up 77.8%)
- Miscellaneous fresh/chilled vegetables: $2 billion (up 7.7%)
- Polyacetal/ether/carbonates: $1.9 billion (up 21%)
- Engines (diesel): $1.9 billion (down -0.3%)
Among these product categories, unglazed ceramic goods posted the greatest increase in Spanish export sales from 2016 to 2017 via a 1,306% gain.
The aircraft and spacecraft category appreciated 138%.
In third place was Spain’s exported copper ores and concentrates which rose in value by 77.8%. Refined petroleum oils increased 53.3%.
Two categories fell in value year over year, Spanish exports of aircraft parts (down -21.9%) and diesel engines (down -0.3%).
Overall, the value of exports from Spain increased by an average 13.6% year over year.
See also Spain’s Top 10 Imports, Spain’s Top Trading Partners and Spain’s Top 10 Exports
Research Sources:
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on March 24, 2018
The World Factbook, Field Listing: Exports and World Population, Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on March 24, 2018
Trade Map, International Trade Centre, www.intracen.org/marketanalysis. Accessed on March 24, 2018