Spain’s agri-food exports hit record €78.04 billion in 2025
Spain’s agri-food and fisheries exports rose 2.9% to a record €78.044 billion in 2025. Pork remained the largest export category despite a decline, while olive oil ranked second and the sector generated an €18.324 billion trade surplus.
Exports reach a new high
Spain’s agri-food and fisheries exports reached a record €78.044 billion in 2025, reinforcing the sector’s importance to the country’s external trade. The total was 2.9% higher than in the previous year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food’s Annual Agri-Food and Fisheries Foreign Trade Report, cited by Diario Córdoba and Europa Press.
Imports increased more quickly, rising 6% to €59.720 billion. Even with that faster growth in purchases from abroad, the sector recorded a positive trade balance of €18.324 billion. The figures show that Spain remained a substantial net exporter of food, agricultural and fisheries products, although the gap between the growth rates of exports and imports warrants attention from producers and trade analysts.
Pork leads despite falling sales
Pork retained its position as Spain’s most valuable agri-food export, generating €6.655 billion in international sales. However, its export value declined 6.1% from the previous year. The category therefore remained the industry’s leading foreign-exchange earner while moving against the overall growth in sector exports.
Olive oil ranked second with exports worth €4.838 billion. The product is particularly important for Andalucía and Córdoba, where olive cultivation supports farms, cooperatives, processors and rural communities. Its position near the top of the national ranking makes conditions in overseas olive oil markets commercially significant well beyond the producing regions.
Citrus fruit placed third, with exports valued at €3.698 billion. Fresh vegetables—including asparagus, peppers, mushrooms and fresh olives—followed at €3.15185 billion. Wine and grape must completed the five largest export groups, with foreign sales of €2.975 billion.
Together, the rankings illustrate the breadth of Spain’s export base. Meat and olive oil delivered the highest values, but fruit, vegetables and wine also made multibillion-euro contributions. This mix links the country’s trade performance to livestock production, harvest conditions, processing capacity and demand across several distinct consumer markets.
Seafood and coffee drive imports
Molluscs were Spain’s largest agri-food import category by value in 2025, with purchases of €2.552 billion. Coffee ranked second at €2.30246 billion, followed by cheese at €2.163 billion. Corn imports reached €1.998 billion, while purchases of fresh fish totalled €1.529 billion.
The import ranking reflects demand for both products that Spain does not produce domestically at sufficient scale, such as coffee, and categories tied to its large food-processing and consumer markets. Seafood occupied two positions among the five leading import groups through molluscs and fresh fish, while corn is an important agricultural raw material for feed and processing.
For exporters, the record headline masks divergent product trends. Total exports expanded, but the leading category, pork, lost value, and imports grew at more than twice the rate of exports. Spain nevertheless closed 2025 with a sizeable agri-food and fisheries surplus, supported by a diversified portfolio in which pork, olive oil, citrus, fresh vegetables, wine and grape must all generated substantial overseas revenue.
