Córdoba exports 2,508 million up to August, 7.2% more than the previous year

The province's sales abroad grow above the Andalusian and national average and leave a trade surplus of 953 million euros between January and August 2026, according to data from the Observatory for the Internationalization of the Andalusian Economy of Andalucía TRADE.

Raquel J. V. · Published on October 20, 2026 at 16:34

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Cordoba companies sold abroad for a value of 2,508 million euros between January and August 2026, 7.2% more than in the same period of the previous year. It is the largest volume of exports from the province for those eight months since records began, according to data from the Foreign Trade Statistics of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business that the Observatory for the Internationalization of the Andalusian Economy of Andalucía TRADE prepares for Andalusia. The trade balance is positive: the province exports 953 million euros more than it imports.

Above the Andalusian and national average

Cordoba's growth exceeds that of Andalusia as a whole by 1.4 percentage points, which stood at 5.8%, and that of Spain by four points, at 3.2%. Cordoba is the sixth Andalusian province by volume of sales abroad and accounts for 8.8% of the community's total. It is also among the four Andalusian provinces that have reached record figures in this period. Across Andalusia, exports reached 28,617 million euros up to August, 5.8% more. The community is the country's third by volume, with 10.8% of the national total, and its rise exceeds that of Catalonia (2%) and Madrid (0.6%).

The weight of olive oil and vegetables

In the agri-food sector, vegetables are Andalusia's second export chapter, with 3,260 million euros and a rise of 12.1%, the highest figure for this period since 1985. Olive oil, on the other hand, fell 10.2%, to 2,326 million, due to the drop in prices after the large harvest. Andalusia accounts for 71% of Spanish exports of this product.

Data for the community

Andalusian imports grew 12.1% between January and August, with a coverage rate of 93.2% and a trade deficit of 2,105 million euros. Excluding energy products, Andalusia shows a surplus of 4,855 million and a coverage rate of 125.9%.