DW SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2019

nation notes
Spanish exports are
highly concentrated,
with just ten countries
accounting for 82 %
of the total exports.
Switzerland is Spain’s
top client with exports
worth €141.5 million and
a 26.8 per cent share of
the export total
with 10.9 per cent, Hong Kong with 6.6
per cent and Portugal with 6.4 per cent.
Isabelline style, gold and silverware.
Valencia is positioned in the mid-high
jewellery segment. Madrid produces
primarily top-end jewellery and gold
watches while Barcelona makes topend
and modernist jewellery.
Spanish exports are highly concentrated,
with just ten countries accounting
for 82 per cent of the total exports.
Switzerland is Spain’s top client with
exports worth €141.5 million and a
26.8 per cent share of the export total.
France has been ranked second, with
13.5 per cent, followed by the USA,
The ArT of Jewellery
MAking
Spanish jewellery design is synonymous
with quality, design and originality,
and every bit as good as the most
coveted international brands. According
to statistics published by the Spanish
Foreign Trade Institute (ICEX),
Spain’s export earnings totaled €528.1
million, of which jewellery, gold and
silver exports accounted for €308.4
million and watches €219.7 million.
The results have been very positive,
with jewellery and watch exports growing
by 46.5 per cent. Particularly spectacular
was the rise in jewellery, gold
and silver exports in 2010, up 70 per
cent on the previous year. Watch exports
have also shown growth at 22.6
per cent. These figures demonstrate the
buoyancy of Spanish design and the
enterprising spirit of business leaders
who have recognized that globalization
is the best way to compete in a global
market.
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