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Imports of industrial products. By technological content and geographical areas

Imports of industrial products. By technological content and geographical areas Catalonia. 2nd quarter 2024 (p)
Year-over-year variation
Value Absolute % quarter % accumulated
Imports of industrial products 26,246.1 500.1 1.9 -4.2
High technology level 3,440.0 -237.8 -6.5 -12.1
European Union 1,551.3 -343.9 -18.1 -11.2
Rest of the world 1,888.6 106.1 6.0 -13.0
Medium-high technology level 12,823.5 295.7 2.4 -3.1
European Union 7,595.9 293.8 4.0 0.7
Rest of the world 5,227.5 1.8 0.0 -8.6
Medium-low technology level 4,093.4 47.8 1.2 -7.1
European Union 2,352.2 74.2 3.3 -5.1
Rest of the world 1,741.2 -26.4 -1.5 -9.9
Low technology level 5,889.3 394.4 7.2 0.9
European Union 2,880.2 168.8 6.2 2.5
Rest of the world 3,009.1 225.6 8.1 -0.6
Units: Milions d'euros.
Source: Idescat, based on data from the State Tax Administration Agency's Department of Customs and Special Taxes.
Note: The variation rates of the provisional data are calculated with respect to the provisional data of the previous year.
(p) Provisional data.
Imports of industrial products. By technological content and geographical areas Spain. 2nd quarter 2024 (p)
Year-over-year variation
Value Absolute % quarter % accumulated
Imports of industrial products 89,177.5 1,480.3 1.7 -1.9
High technology level 15,186.1 416.4 2.8 -2.2
European Union 6,757.2 -415.0 -5.8 -1.5
Rest of the world 8,428.8 831.4 10.9 -2.9
Medium-high technology level 37,915.9 331.7 0.9 -1.3
European Union 23,463.7 -461.4 -1.9 -1.4
Rest of the world 14,452.1 793.1 5.8 -1.2
Medium-low technology level 15,027.2 126.4 0.8 -4.2
European Union 8,580.4 -110.8 -1.3 -3.8
Rest of the world 6,446.7 237.2 3.8 -4.9
Low technology level 21,048.4 605.8 3.0 -1.1
European Union 10,060.0 149.5 1.5 -0.9
Rest of the world 10,988.4 456.3 4.3 -1.3
Units: Milions d'euros.
Source: Idescat, based on data from the State Tax Administration Agency's Department of Customs and Special Taxes.
Note: The variation rates of the provisional data are calculated with respect to the provisional data of the previous year.
(p) Provisional data.

Last update: September 10, 2024. Next update: November 25, 2024 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.