Andalusia leads the contributions to the growth of exports of the Spanish aerospace industry

65 exporting companies in the sector

The Andalusian aerospace industry reflects a clear recovery, after the paralysis it experienced on a global scale with the pandemic, ranking as the sixth chapter in the Andalusian export basket, with 4,2% of the total.

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The Andalusian aerospace industry has experienced strong export growth in the first ten months of 2022, up 53% compared to the same period of the previous year, reaching a turnover of €1.492 billion. These figures make it the region contributing most to the growth of Spanish exports so far this year, accounting for half of the national increase, which stands at 34%, almost 19 percentage points lower than Andalusia 's rise.

 

In this way, the Andalusian aerospace industry reflects a clear recovery, after the paralysis it experienced on a global scale with the pandemic, ranking as the sixth chapter in the Andalusian export basket, with 4,2% of the total.

 

The protagonists of this growth are the 65 exporting companies in the sector recorded in the first ten months of 2022, which also grew, by 1,6% compared to the same period in 2021. 42% of them (27) are regular exporters (exporting for four consecutive years), which gives an idea of ​​the high degree of internationalization of this industry and its competitiveness in the world, these concentrate 99% of the sector's sales.

 

When developing their international strategy for 2022 , nine out of ten of these exporting companies placed their trust in Extenda, a public company of the Andalusian Regional Government integrated into TRADE . Specifically, 59 companies participated in the thirty or so international initiatives organized by Extenda , in a strategy coordinated with the Andalusia Aerospace cluster, where the Aerospace & Defense Meetings Seville 2022 trade fair was the key event for revitalizing the sector.

 

With this action abroad, Andalusia is positioned as the second exporting community in Spain for this complex industry, with almost four out of ten euros (37%) of Spanish sales (3.996 million euros), only behind the Community of Madrid (1.788 million), which, however, it surpasses by almost 40 points of growth (53% versus 14%), and well ahead of the third, Castilla-La Mancha , whose exports stand at only 198 million (5% national).

 

The importance of this industry for the Andalusian economy is also reflected in the contribution of 700 million euros of positive balance that it makes to the trade balance outside the community, with a coverage rate of 188%, which is 82 points. higher than the Spanish one (106%).

 

These good figures produced by the sector in the first ten months of the year have been contributed by those of the last month recorded, October, when the Andalusian aeronautical industry had a turnover of 190 million euros, eight times more than in the same month of the previous year (+735 %), thanks especially to the growth of exports in the United Kingdom, where its figures are multiplied by 26 (+2.502%) and Germany, where the figure is multiplied by 15 (+1.435%).

 

The greatest growth in America, Asia and Africa

The aeronautical industry also contributes a high degree of geographical diversification to all Andalusian exports, having countries from four continents among its top ten export destinations. Seven of them multiplied their exports compared to the same period of the previous year, registering the greatest growth in markets in America, Asia and Africa.

 

Thus, in the United States, its sixth largest global market and first non-European market , exports more than doubled (+107%) to €75 million, representing 5% of the total. Even so, Mali is the fastest-growing country among the top 20 markets, multiplying its sales by 718 (+71.721%) to €29,9 million, which allows it to enter the Top 10 of the ranking. Furthermore, another African destination is among the top 10: Senegal, in ninth place, where Andalusian sales reached €31 million.

 

Furthermore, the second and third fastest growing countries in the top 20 are from Asia: Bangladesh , which multiplies its figure by 229 (+22.824%) to 32 million, placing it as the eighth market; and the Philippines, which multiplies its exports by 366 (+36.592%) to 29,6 million, placing it in eleventh position.

 

Even so, the primary markets for the Andalusian aerospace industry are European, led by France , with €359 million, 24% of the total, and a year-on-year growth of 34%. Germany comes in second place, with €277 million, 18,5%, a fivefold increase (+421%). Belgium follows with €263 million, representing 17,6% of the total, and registering a decrease of 2,4%.

 

In fourth place is the United Kingdom , with 167 million (11,2%), tripling its figure (+262%); and in fifth, Turkey, with 130 million (8,7%), multiplying its sales elevenfold (+1.100%). In seventh place is the Czech Republic, with 48 million (3,2%), experiencing a 51% decrease.

 

Nine out of ten Andalusian exporters trust Extenda to develop their international strategy

 

 

exported products

Within the Andalusian aeronautical industry, the first chapter in sales is that of other aircraft (helicopters and airplanes), space vehicles (satellites) and their suborbital vehicles, with 1.127 million euros, 76% of the total and a growth of 76 %.

 

It is followed by appliance parts, with 362 million and 24,2% of the total; parachutes, with 2 million and a drop of 46%; and devices for launching aircraft, landing on aircraft carriers and similar and ground flight training devices, with 1,6 million euros and a decrease of 43%.

 

Extenda: ADM Aerospace benchmark in Spain

From January to November 2022, Extenda has carried out almost thirty actions to promote the Andalusian aeronautical sector in international markets, which have had the participation of 59 companies from the community, a number equivalent to 90,8% of exporters. community regulars (65).

 

Among these actions, Aerospace & Defense Meetings-ADM Sevilla stands out , the leading international trade fair for the aerospace sector in Spain, which has been organized every two years by Extenda since 2012 and which in 2022 celebrated its sixth edition, with a record number of 1.251 participating professionals from 29 countries, which undoubtedly contributes to boosting the reactivation of the Spanish and Andalusian aerospace industry in particular.

 

A total of 7 companies participated in ADM Seville, held from June 9 to 323, and held 8.500 business meetings in b2b format. In addition, the records achieved by participating professionals and represented countries, this event demonstrates their contribution when it comes to recovering the international weight of the Andalusian cluster after the downturn caused by the pandemic.

 

ADM has also confirmed itself as the main event for the relationship of Andalusian companies with this global industry, to the point that two out of every three of the attending companies were foreign, thus consolidating its character as an international fair and its consideration as a reference event. of the aerospace sector in Spain and the most important in southern Europe.

 

On the other hand, Extenda has also organized various actions throughout the year for the international promotion of the sector, at fairs such as Airtec Munich (Germany), Farnborough International Airshow (United Kingdom), ILA Berlin (Germany), Aeromart Toulousse (France) o Aerospace Meetings Casablanca (Morocco); and with meetings such as the one held in Seville for the aerospace sector with buyers from the United States or the direct trade missions to Turkey and the United States.