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By technological content and geographical areas

Foreign Trade according to Technological Content. By technological content and geographical areas Catalonia. 3rd quarter 2025 (p)
Year-over-year variation
Value Absolute % quarter % accumulated
Total exports of industrial products 22,797.9 454.8 2.0 1.6
High technology level 2,791.9 58.3 2.1 10.2
European Union 1,498.5 29.1 2.0 5.8
Rest of the world 1,293.5 29.2 2.3 15.0
Medium-high technology level 10,738.6 236.2 2.2 -0.6
European Union 6,293.6 337.4 5.7 2.1
Rest of the world 4,445.0 -101.3 -2.2 -4.3
Medium-low technology level 2,803.8 -197.6 -6.6 -5.2
European Union 1,840.6 -163.6 -8.2 -6.8
Rest of the world 963.3 -34.0 -3.4 -1.7
Low technology level 6,463.6 358.0 5.9 5.0
European Union 4,254.6 238.5 5.9 3.0
Rest of the world 2,208.9 119.5 5.7 9.0
Total imports of industrial products 25,531.8 1,409.9 5.8 5.9
High technology level 3,495.7 201.4 6.1 7.0
European Union 1,841.5 102.8 5.9 7.4
Rest of the world 1,654.2 98.6 6.3 6.7
Medium-high technology level 11,602.3 800.3 7.4 4.5
European Union 7,060.7 725.5 11.5 5.0
Rest of the world 4,541.5 74.7 1.7 3.7
Medium-low technology level 3,874.0 124.7 3.3 6.1
European Union 2,060.4 35.2 1.7 6.8
Rest of the world 1,813.5 89.6 5.2 5.1
Low technology level 6,559.9 283.5 4.5 8.1
European Union 3,081.0 193.1 6.7 7.4
Rest of the world 3,478.8 90.4 2.7 8.7
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 geographical areas Spain. 3rd quarter 2025 (p)
Year-over-year variation
Value Absolute % quarter % accumulated
Total exports of industrial products 83,048.9 543.6 0.7 0.8
High technology level 9,767.0 882.2 9.9 10.3
European Union 5,445.4 613.1 12.7 2.3
Rest of the world 4,321.6 269.2 6.6 20.6
Medium-high technology level 33,055.2 -624.8 -1.9 -0.8
European Union 19,992.2 -296.6 -1.5 -0.2
Rest of the world 13,063.0 -328.2 -2.5 -1.9
Medium-low technology level 17,323.6 -237.3 -1.4 -3.4
European Union 10,839.8 397.5 3.8 -1.8
Rest of the world 6,483.8 -634.9 -8.9 -5.8
Low technology level 22,903.0 523.5 2.3 3.0
European Union 15,229.8 635.8 4.4 3.3
Rest of the world 7,673.2 -112.3 -1.4 2.6
Total imports of industrial products 89,545.0 4,843.6 5.7 6.8
High technology level 16,467.3 1,605.0 10.8 14.3
European Union 8,026.1 951.1 13.4 16.2
Rest of the world 8,441.1 653.9 8.4 12.5
Medium-high technology level 35,787.9 2,113.3 6.3 5.2
European Union 21,800.7 1,106.8 5.3 3.1
Rest of the world 13,987.2 1,006.6 7.8 8.8
Medium-low technology level 14,385.7 281.9 2.0 3.3
European Union 8,129.5 414.7 5.4 1.8
Rest of the world 6,256.2 -132.8 -2.1 5.3
Low technology level 22,904.2 843.4 3.8 6.7
European Union 10,480.0 702.5 7.2 6.6
Rest of the world 12,424.2 140.9 1.1 6.8
Units: Million euros.
Source: Idescat, based on the State Tax Administration Agency's Department of Customs and Special Taxes.
(p) Provisional data.

Last update: November 26, 2025. Next update: February 25, 2026 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.