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12/06/2014
€ 1.365 billion of foreign investment in the Catalan industry in 2013
In a study published on last May 22, the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce presented the figures of the foreign investments made last year in Catalonia in the industrial sector.
The €1.365 billion invested, which means 52% of the total investment in Spain exhibits a 12.9% increase compared to 2012 and is the largest volume since 2005.
 
In addition to these positive data, it can be mentioned that these investments represent 39% of the global amount of the foreign investments made, a relatively high level that confirms the importance of the industrial sector in the Catalan economy.
 
It is worth stressing two sectors with a two-digit interannual growing rate: pharmaceutical manufacturing (+16.9%, €721.8 million) and telecommunications (+14.1%, €379.4 million), which together represent 81% of the total investment. These two sectors belong to the five priorities sectors the Barcelona Synchrotron Park has along with the sectors of Materials and Energy, Food and Beverage and Aerospace.
 
On the basis of these and other encouraging results, the Chamber of Commerce improves the 2015 GDP growth forecasts from 0.4 to 1.2 percent.
 
Press release

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