The province of Jaune exported products worth 653 million euros in the first half of 2023, 3.3 percent of the Andalusian total. However, it has seen a 16.3 percent sales drop compared to the same period in 2022, “above all affected by the drop in its exports of olive oil (price rise and drought) and plastic products.”
These are the data provided to Europa Press by the Business Institute for Economic Transformation and Development (Trade), from which Jaén has a healthy balance with a coverage rate of 110 percent and a trade surplus of 58 million.
Exports from Jaén are led by electrical equipment and machinery, accounting for half of sales of 300 million euros, 46 percent of total sales and up 2.3 percent, the third best among the top 10.
They were followed by fats and oils, at 125 million euros, down 19.1 percent and 45 percent of the total. Of the total sales, 95 million (76 percent) correspond to olive oil, 6.5 percent of the total, a decrease of 52 percent.
Behind, plastics and its manufacturers, 51 million, 7.8 percent of the total and 24.5 percent less. The fourth most exported segment was motor vehicles with 31 million, up 4.7 percent overall and the best growth among the top 10 at 29.5 percent.
Next was furniture, 24.7 million, down 3.8 percent overall and 3.8 percent lower; Aluminum and its products — 15.9 million, down 2.4 percent and 21.1 percent — and machinery and boilers, down 12.5 million, 1.9 percent and 11.2 percent.
Then comes paper and cardboard -9.5 million, a gain of 1.5 percent of total sales and the second best growth, at 2.4 percent–; lumber, 8.1 million, down 1.2 percent and 12.7 percent; and pharmaceutical products, 8.1 million, down 1.2 percent of the total, and 8.9 percent.
Markets
In terms of markets, John’s products reach three continents with the top ten. Germany leads with 198 million euros, a 30 percent increase in sales and a 3.3 percent decline. In second place is Portugal (71 million, 10.9 percent and 13.3 percent decrease) and in third place, France, 64 million, 9.7 percent and two percent increase.
In fourth place is Italy, with 60 million, 9.1 percent of the total and a drop of 62 percent; The United States followed — 42 million, down 6.4 percent and 22.9 percent — and Morocco, at 37 million, down 5.7 percent and 12.2 percent.
followed by the United Kingdom (35 million, down 5.3 percent and 5.6 percent); Poland, 25.1 million, 3.8 percent of the total and the second best increase with 5.7 percent; Slovakia — 14.3 million, 2.2 percent of the total and the best increase among the top 10, 27.9 percent — and the Netherlands, 11.3 million, 1.7 percent and the third best increase, 5.3 percent.
