Catalan exports rise by 6.4% in February compared to same month last year

Better figure than Spain's average, which calculated a 1.9% decrease over the same period

Image of the railway by FGC company in Barcelona's port on March 3, 2021 (by Aina Martí)
Image of the railway by FGC company in Barcelona's port on March 3, 2021 (by Aina Martí) / ACN

ACN | Barcelona

April 15, 2021 10:52 AM

Catalonia's exports surged by 6.4% in February compared to the same time last year, according to data published by the Spanish ministry of industry on Thursday.

International sales in the second month of 2021 were worth €6.35 billion, following the trend seen for the last two months of 2020, when exports rose by 5.5% in November and 6.5% in December on what they had been twelve months before – although, the pattern was broken when in January 2021, a drop of 10.6% was recorded.

The February figures for this year are better than Spain's, where items were sold abroad for 1.9% less than what they had been twelve months before.

Last year Covid-19 prevented a 10th consecutive year of record-breaking export figures in Catalonia, as they dropped by 10.3% on 2019.

Exports from Barcelona rose 5.9% in the month reaching €4.98 billion, Girona saw growth of 7.7% up to €526.75 million, Lleida saw increases of 5.7% amounting to €155.8 million.

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