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List of Top 10 Highest Value Spanish Export Products

Cars, automotive parts and refined petroleum oils are among the highest value Spanish export products.

Spain also garners significant revenue from exported citrus fruits, pork, olive oil and wine.

The following list shows which Spanish exports generated the most money in sales during 2016. 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.

Spain was the world’s 18th-largest exporter in 2015.

Highest Value Spanish Export Products

Below are the 20 highest value export products shipped from Spain in 2016. Shown within brackets for each item is the percentage change in value from 2009 to 2016.

  1. Cars: US$35.6 billion (up 36.5% since 2009)
  2. Automobile parts/accessories: $10 billion (up 10.4%)
  3. Processed petroleum oils: $8.3 billion (up 1.6%)
  4. Medication mixes in dosage: $7.5 billion (down -14.4%)
  5. Trucks: $5.8 billion (up 67.7%)
  6. Swine meat: $3.5 billion (up 52.6%)
  7. Olive oil: $3.5 billion (up 62.1%)
  8. Fresh or dried citrus fruit: $3.4 billion (down -0.1%)
  9. Aircraft parts: $3.4 billion (up 70.5%)
  10. Wine: $3 billion (up 12.1%)
  11. Glazed ceramic tiles, cubes: $2.6 billion (up 18.6%)
  12. Women’s clothing (not knit or crochet): $2.6 billion (up 81.2%)
  13. Blood fractions (including antisera): $2.3 billion (up 157.8%)
  14. Rubber tires (new): $2.1 billion (down -5.1%)
  15. Insulated wire/cable: $2 billion (up 38.8%)
  16. Miscellaneous fresh/chilled vegetables: $1.9 billion (up 2.1%)
  17. Engines (diesel): $1.9 billion (up 51.7%)
  18. Footwear (leather): $1.7 billion (down -0.4%)
  19. Miscellaneous iron and steel structures: $1.7 billion (up 93.8%)
  20. Miscellaneous fruits (fresh): $1.6 billion (up 86.4%)

Among these product categories, blood fractions including antisera posted the greatest increase in Spanish export sales, up 157.8% from 2009 to 2016.

Miscellaneous iron and steel structures appreciated 93.8% over the same 7-year period.

In third place was miscellaneous fresh fruits which rose in value by 86.4%.

Medication mixes in dosage depreciated -14.4% while exported new rubber tires fell in value by -5.1%.

Overall, the value of exports from Spain increased by 29% from 2009 to 2016.