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A market for the Metalworking and Habitat sectors

Spain

This analysis presents the Spanish market through imports of products in the Metalworking and Habitat sectors. It compares imports from the world with imports from Portugal, identifying the size of each group and Portugal’s share. The product baskets follow the same selection used in the other Master Export market documents.

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Spanish imports in 2025

Spanish imports from the world and Portugal

Sector

Habitat

In 2025, Spanish imports of the selected Habitat products reached USD 8.75 billion. Imports from Portugal totalled USD 942.40 million, equivalent to a 10.77% share.

Imports in this basket grew by 14.3% in current US dollars. Imports from Portugal increased by 14.8%, allowing Portugal’s share to edge up from 10.72% in 2024 to 10.77% in 2025. Furniture and seats account for around 52% of imports of the selected products.

8.75 billion USDSpanish imports from the world
942.40 million USDImports from Portugal
10,77%Portugal share
Product group
Product groupMundo M USDPortugal M USDPortugal share
Furniture and seats4 508,7467,3410,37%
Mattresses and bedding articles406,278,8419,41%
Lighting1 138,528,622,51%
Selected household textiles880,0114,5413,02%
Builders’ joinery and carpentry228,839,5717,29%
Agglomerated cork and articles thereof62,549,7979,70%
Worked stone103,911,5711,14%
Ceramic tiles and sanitary ware373,475,8420,31%
Tableware and ornamental ceramics264,138,0914,42%
Insulating safety glass and glassware656,131,484,80%
Prefabricated buildings125,76,725,35%
Basket total8 747,8942,4010,77%

Imports reported by Spain in 2025. CIF values in millions of current US dollars. Source: UN Comtrade; own calculations.

Portugal has particularly high shares in agglomerated cork and articles thereof (79.70%), ceramic tiles and sanitary ware (20.31%), and mattresses and bedding articles (19.41%). Furniture and seats are the largest group by value, at USD 467.34 million, close to half of Spanish imports from Portugal in the basket.

Sector

Metallurgy and Metalworking

In 2025, Spain imported USD 187.37 billion across the broad basket of metals, machinery, equipment and transport equipment analysed. Imports from Portugal reached USD 5.85 billion, corresponding to a 3.12% share.

Spanish imports in the basket grew by 14.7% compared with 2024 in current US dollars. Imports from Portugal fell by 3.0%, reducing Portugal’s share from 3.69% to 3.12%. Road vehicles and parts thereof are the largest import group and the largest group of imports from Portugal.

187.37 billion USDSpanish imports from the world
5.85 billion USDImports from Portugal
3,12%Portugal share
Product group
Product groupMundo M USDPortugal M USDPortugal share
Iron and steel and articles thereof18 804,21 420,27,55%
Other metals and articles thereof12 448,5579,94,66%
Tools and other articles of base metal3 883,3120,23,09%
Mechanical machinery and equipment46 814,1807,21,72%
Electrical and electronic equipment45 004,3704,91,57%
Road vehicles and parts thereof53 280,02 160,64,06%
Railway, aircraft and ships7 139,657,30,80%
Basket total187 374,15 850,23,12%

Imports reported by Spain in 2025. CIF values in millions of current US dollars. Source: UN Comtrade; own calculations.

Road vehicles, mechanical machinery and equipment, and electrical and electronic equipment account for around 77% of imports in the basket. Road vehicles and iron and steel and articles thereof represent approximately 61% of imports from Portugal.

Methodology and sources

UN Comtrade, extract dated 30 October 2026. Reporter: Spain (724); flow: imports (M); partners: World (0) and Portugal (620); HS 2022 (H6). CIF values in current US dollars. Changes between 2024 and 2025 are calculated using unrounded values. They also reflect exchange-rate movements and do not measure growth in quantity. National data do not isolate the North and Centre regions.

Metalworking: HS 72–76 and 78–89. Habitat: HS 4418, 4504, 6802, 6907, 6910–6913, 7007–7008, 7013, 6301–6304, 9401 and 9403–9406. These are product baskets, not official sector totals, and include other applications such as electronics, vehicle seats and transport glass. They should not be added as mutually exclusive totals. This analysis uses imports reported by Spain, which may differ from exports reported by Portugal.

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