Spanish home textile exports reach ?9.44mn in Feb'14

Home textile exports from Spain touched ?9.44 million during the month of February 2014, registering a rise of 20.7 percent compared to the same month in 2013, as per the data released by the Spanish Institute of Foreign Trade (ICEX).

According to the February 2014 Home Textiles Foreign Trade report of ICEX, Spain exported home textile products worth ?9.44 million during the month of February, whereas the imports of home textiles by the country amounted to ?2.89 million during the same month.

Imports of home textiles by Spain during the month of February recorded a jump of 18.6 percent compared to the same month last year.

According to the ICEX data, France was the main destination for home textile exports from Spain, which totaled ?2.98 million, followed by Morocco with ?1.99 million, Portugal with ?.8 million, Italy with ?.7 million and the UK with ?.1 million.

The highest exports of home textiles were made from the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia during the month of February with exports totaling ?4.27 million, followed by Valencia with ?7.74 million, Galicia with ?2.01 million, Madrid with ?.9 million and Cantabria with ?.8 million.

In January 2014, Spanish exports of home textiles fetched ?9.97 million, registering a surge of 16.7 percent, compared to the same month last year, as per the ICEX data.

During 2013, Spain exported home textiles worth ?16 million registering a surge of 8.6 percent compared to 2012, according to the Center of Information of Textile and Apparel (CITYC) data.