Authors :

• Emili Montilla •Katherine Jiménez• Nelsybet Trejo

Spain Spain Kingdom or Spain Located : Western Europe

Spain’s capital is Madrid city

Extensio

n

•Spain has an extension of 504.645 km²

Population

•Its population is of 47.021.031 people according to data of 2010

Currenc

y •Euro

Spain

International Organizations

• European Union (EU)• United Nations (UN)• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• World Trade Organization (WTO)

Geography

• Climate: Mediterranean character predominates in most part of its geography.

• Mountains and rivers: Mountains: Spain is a mountainous country, dominated by

high plateaus and mountain chains. Cordillera Cantábrica, Sistema Ibérico, Sistema Central, Montes de Toledo,Sierra Morena and istema Penibético.

Rivers: There are several major rivers in Spain such as Tagus, Ebro, Duero, Guadiana and Guadalquivir.

Economy

• Spain's capitalist mixed economy is the twelfth largest worldwide and the fifth largest in the European Union, as well as the Eurozone's fourth largest. Spain is also the third largest world investor.

Current Issues

• Growing shortage of European Union funds

• Weaknesses of the Spanish economy • Strengths of the Spanish economy

Trade

• Spain has been a World Trade Organization member since 1 January 1995

International Trade

• In 2003 Spain imported goods worth U.S. 210,860 million dollars and exports amounted to 158.213 million dollars with which Spain imports more than it exports.

• Major imports were:

• The main exports are:

The main trade in Spain take place with other European Union contries:

France

Germany

Italy

United States and Japan

The Benelux countries

Portugal

United Kingdom

• Tourism revenue, which in 2004 amounted to some 37,250 million euros.

• The crisis that began in 2008.• Spain from 2010 has turned outward

widely increasing export supply and the amount of export destinations have diversified.

Spain’s import and exportExport to Import of

Country Percentage Country Percentage

France 19,3 % Germany 15,0 %

Germany 11,4 % France 14,5 %

Portugal 9,4 % Italy 8,5 %

United Kingdom 8,5 %

UnitedKingdom 5,8 %

Italy 8,4 % Netherlands 4,9 %

United States 4,0 %

China4,3 %

Netherlands 3,1 % Belgium 3,7 %

Belgium 2,8 % Portugal 3,3 %

Others 33,1 % Others 40,0 %

Importance of international trade in the economy of Spain

• International trade is one of the most important factors of national wealth creation, which requires as a basic element implementation of a rational and efficient international logistics to facilitate trade with foreign countries and help increase the competitiveness of such.