Andalusian construction materials companies attend the Batimatec Fair in Algeria

With the support of Extenda

It is the most important fair on the African continent for a sector that reached 695 million euros in exports in 2016, doubling its figure so far this decade.

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A total of five Andalusian companies of the construction materials sector They have been participating since the 23rd, with the support of the Ministry of Economy and Knowledgethrough Extenda-Andalusian Foreign Promotion Agency, In XX edition of the International Construction Materials and Public Works Exhibition, Batimatec, which is celebrated in the SAFEX Pins Maritimes Exhibition Palace in Algiers (Algeria) until April 27.

 

At present, Batimatec It is the largest construction fair in Algeria and the most important on the African continent, according to ICEX - Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade, due to the construction boom in the country, driven by ambitious housing and public works programs. In fact, the latest Five-Year Plan in force foresees the construction of 1,6 million homes for the period 2015-2019.

 

In 2016, the exhibition received 100.000 visitors and included 1.223 companies, 599 international, in an area of ​​44.000 square meters. A total of 24 countries were represented among the participants.

 

The event features firms from the sector that carry out their activity in areas ranging from construction machinery and equipment, construction materials, decoration elements, civil construction and public works, equipment and tools, safety materials, machinery for movement of lands and stone and marble work, floors and coatings, etc.

 

The organization of this action by extend will be co-financed with funds from the European Union through the P.EITHER. ERDF of Andalusia 2014-2020, endowed with a community contribution of 80%.

 

Andalusian companies

 

Two of the participating Andalusian companies come from Seville, another two from Granada and one of Almeria. Mac-Puarsay Technological Concrete Molds are the Sevillian firms that have attended this event; Poyatos and Abrasur Stone, the Grenadines; and Arthouse Promueve, from Almeria.

 

According to data from Extenda, Algeria It is a strategic market for Spanish companies. The new Five Year Plan 2015-2019 foresees an investment of 130.000 million dollars to achieve state projects. According to government sources, the guidelines and actions contemplated in this program would allow maintaining an emerging economy with a growth rate of 7% of year-on-year GDP.

 

 

 

According to Extenda data, Algeria is a strategic market for Spanish companies

 

 

 

Due to the large number of projects, Algeria It is forced to import a large part of the machinery and materials for construction. According to the most optimistic forecasts, the construction sector will grow around 10% annually, remaining an essential pillar for the country's economy.

 

Along with social housing financed through the public sector, there are numerous private and even luxury housing projects, financed through private investment by individuals or companies. The inability of the local productive sector to satisfy internal demand, together with the need for European companies to increase their sales abroad due to the weakness of their traditional markets, make this event key to promoting new business opportunities.

 

Andalusian exports

 

According to data from extend, the eAndalusian exports of construction machinery and materials They reached a value of 2016 million euros in 695, which represents more than double growth (109%) so far this decade.

 

United States It is the first market of the Andalusian sales of the sector, with 144 million euros, 20,7%, more than double 2010, with an increase of 134%; the one who follows United Kingdom, with 61 million, which also doubles its figure with a growth of 164%. Algeria It is the fifth destination for Andalusian sales in this sector, totaling 27,3 million euros in 2016, 85% more than in 2010.

 

Almeria led sales, taking over half of the sales Andalusian exports of the sector, reaching 446 million, doubling its 2010 figure with an increase of 137%. It followed in second place Seville, with 80 million and an increase of 64%; and in third position was Malaga, with 51 million euros, which also doubles its figure so far this decade, with a growth of 152%.

 

Cadiz sold products worth 46 million euros, with an increase of 53%; while Granada It exported 24,2 million, 23,8% in this period. They follow him Cordoba, with 21,5 million, which almost doubles its figure since 2010, with an increase of 86; Huelva, with 21,1 million and an increase of more than double in this period (up 141%); and Jaen, which totaled 4,6 million.

 

The best-selling products by Andalusian firms were other construction materials, with 323 million, 47%, double that of 2010 (with an increase of 118%); cement, plaster and lime, with 147 million, 21,2%, tripling its figure in this period, with an increase of 195%; hardware store, with 69 million, 9,9%, which also triples its figure with an increase of 193%; and other porcelain, clay and ceramic manufactures, with 53 million, 7,6%, which multiplies its figure by 110 with an increase of 11.472%.

 

A total of 2.662 Andalusian companies exported products related to construction materials in 2016, 18,2% more than in 2010 (410 more firms). Of them, 579 were regular exporters (more than four years exporting), 39% more than in 2010 (162 more companies).