About 50% of Spanish agri-food exports to the United Kingdom are concentrated in ten product groups. Fruits (citrus and stone fruits) and vegetables together account for around 20% of sales (the group of red fruits, kiwi and persimmon represents an additional percentage of 8%). Wine and must exports to the United Kingdom account for 8% of sales to this country (and 11% of Spanish exports). They are followed in value by olive oil (5%) and pork (3%).
The main British imports into Spain are spirits, which make up 26% of our purchases of agri-food products to the United Kingdom, and 25% of spirits imported by Spain.
Fishery products represent 21% of imports from the United Kingdom. The main products are fresh fish – mainly hake, rooster and monkfish- as well as frozen Norway lobster, for a value of 228 million euros.
Regarding Spain, major exports to the United Kingdom are processed products and canned tuna, and fish meals, worth 103 million euros.
A detailed report of our Agrifood and Fisheries Foreign Trade with the United Kingdom is published on the MAPA website.
