According to the January 2014 Home Textiles Foreign Trade report of ICEX, Spain exported home textiles amounting to €79.97 million during the month of January, whereas the imports of home textiles totaled €97.15 million during the same month.
Imports of home textiles by Spain during January 2014 recorded a rise of 7.6 percent compared to the same month last year.
According to the ICEX data, France was the main destination for exports of home textiles from the country, totaling €14.57 million, followed by Morocco with €10.7 million, Portugal with €9.1 million and Italy with €6.8 million.
The highest exports of home textiles were made from the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia with exports amounting €32.21 million during the month of January 2014, followed by Valencia with €19.1 million, Galicia with €13.6 million and Madrid with €7.1 million.
During 2013, Spain exported home textiles worth €916 million registering a surge of 8.6 percent compared to 2012, according to the Center of Information of Textile and Apparel (CITYC) data.
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