The Port of Valencia facilitates direct exports of ceramics with more than 500 ports around the world

The Port Authority of Valencia participates in CEVISAMA

Valenciaport channels more than 3,82 million net tons of finished ceramic products.

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La Port Authority of Valencia (APV) participate in the fair CEVISAMA 2017 which is celebrated until next February 24 in Valencia Fair; and does so by offering to the Castellón and Spanish export sector Its capacity for direct connections with the main ports of the world. It is one of the competitive advantages of the first port in Export/Import from Spain and the Mediterranean. In fact, global demand for the Spanish ceramics made it possible for the Valencian port to manage shipments of containers loaded with ceramic products to more than 2016 different ports in 500 countries around the world during the 150 financial year.

 

In 2016, Valenciaport channeled into traffic Export / Import of ceramic products 3,82 million tons of finished products, net of tare weight; which represents a growth of 2,91% compared to the previous year. Specifically, exports rose to 3,73 million tons (4,72% more than the previous year) and imports represented 81.540 tons (13,86% more than the previous year).

 

Among the main export destinations are the world's leading economic powers, such as: United States, China, United Kingdom and Russia; and countries with remote economic areas Europeas the Singapore, Pakistan, Colombia, Panama, Canada, and Australia. In some of these cases, the volumes and growth of export records are particularly noteworthy. This was the case of United States, a country that bought almost 2016 tons of Spanish ceramic products in 326.000, which left through the Port of Valencia (38,77% more than the previous year). This is also the case for China, which rose from 82.477 tonnes in 2015 to almost 127.000 tonnes in 2016 (an increase of 57%); and Mexico which rose from 66.433 tonnes in 2015 to 115.537 in 2016 (an increase of 74%).

 

 

 

The transoceanic nature of the Valencian port enables it to reach the United States, the United Arab Emirates, India, Brazil, China, Mexico, Turkey, etc. with regular lines.

 

 

These increases made it possible to offset reductions in exports of Saudi Arabia (19% drop), Algeria (-42%) and Russia (-16%). See attached table of the 12 main Valencian markets.

 

The reach of the port of Valencia allowed Spanish ceramic production to be placed directly in places such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Barbados, Macao, New Caledonia or Madagascar. Markets that are all aware of the quality of the product and the logistics management carried out by the companies that work in the Port of Valencia.

 

Imports, on the other hand, have a much lower weight, with 81.540 tons. In 2016, through Valenciaport Goods were received from more than 30 countries, including: China, Italy, India, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, South Africa and Brazil.

 

For Port Authority of Valencia, Cevisama It is an unmissable event as it brings together the entire Spanish business sector and leading companies from around the world. During the event, interviews have been scheduled with Freight forwarding companies, exporters, importers and international buyers It will showcase its extensive connectivity, with more than 130 lines that link it to more than 1.000 ports on five continents. It will also demonstrate the guarantee of traceability of the merchandise through its transactional portal. ValenciaportPCS.