Spain imported US$513.3 billion worth of products from around the world in 2025.

That dollar amount reflects a 20.5% increase compared to $426.1 billion five years prior during 2021.

Year over year, the overall cost of products imported into Spain accelerated by 13.7% from $451.3 billion in 2024.

Based on the average exchange rate for 2025, Spain uses the euro which appreciated by 4.4% against the US dollar from 2024 to 2025. The stronger European Union currency made Spain’s imports paid for in weaker US dollars slightly less expensive when converted starting from the stronger euro.

Domestically, Spain’s inflation rate was 2.217% in 2025 in terms of average consumer prices. Spain’s inflation rate fell from 2.867% for 2024.

Spanish imports represent approximately 2.1% of total global imports which totaled an estimated $24.259 trillion one year prior in 2024. That percentage is higher than the 2% benchmark calculated for 2024.

Spain’s Best Suppliers of Imported Products

The latest available country-specific data shows that 69.4% of products imported into Spain was furnished by exporters in: Germany (13% of the Spanish total), France (9.9%), mainland China (8.9%), Italy (8.1%), Netherlands (7.2%), United States of America (5.6%), Portugal (4.1%), Belgium (3.7%), Poland (2.33%), Morocco (2.25%), United Kingdom (2.22%) and Türkiye (2.1%).

Applying a continental lens, 61% of Spain’s total imports by value in 2025 was purchased from fellow European countries. Trade partners in Asia supplied 19.9% of import purchases by Spain. Another 7.5% worth originated from providers in Africa, with 7.3% coming from North America.

Spain joined the European Union on January 1, 1986. Fellow EU members satisfied 56.8% of Spain’s imported product demand in 2025 versus 55.7% for 2024.

Smaller percentages were furnished by sellers in Latin America (4.2%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, and Oceania (0.2%) led by Australia and New Zealand.

Given Spain ‘s population of 49.7 million people, its total US$513.3 billion in 2025 imports translates to roughly $10,325 in yearly product demand from every person in the European country. That per-capita dollar amount surpasses the average $9,750 in spending one year earlier in 2024.

Spain’s Top 10 Imports

The following product groups represent the highest dollar value in Spain’s import purchases during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each product category represents in terms of overall imports into Spain.

1. Mineral fuels including oil: US$60.3 billion (11.8% of total imports)
2. Vehicles: $56.4 billion (11%)
3. Machinery including computers: $50.3 billion (9.8%)
4. Electrical machinery, equipment: $47.9 billion (9.3%)
5. Pharmaceuticals: $28.9 billion (5.6%)
6. Plastics, plastic articles: $17.7 billion (3.4%)
7. Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $13.5 billion (2.6%)
8. Clothing, accessories (not knit or crochet): $12.4 billion (2.4%)
9. Knit or crochet clothing, accessories: $12.3 billion (2.4%)
10. Iron, steel: $11.5 billion (2.2%)

Spain’s top 10 import product categories accounted for 60.6% of the overall value of Spanish product buys from other countries.

Unknitted and non-crocheted clothing or accessories posted the fastest increase in purchases among the top 10 import categories, up by 29.3% from 2024 to 2025.

In second place for improving import sales was the pharmaceuticals product category thanks to its 27.1% advance.

Spanish imports machinery including computers placed third via a 25.8% gain.

The most modest increase among the top 10 Spanish imports was recorded for mineral fuels including oil (up 0.3% from 2024).

At the more detailed 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level, the biggest products imported into Spain were crude oil (6.3% of Spain’s import purchases), cars (5.6%), medication mixes in dosage (3.9%), automobile parts or accessories (2.8%), petroleum gases (2.5%), processed petroleum oils (2%), phone devices including smartphones (1.8%), blood fractions including antisera (1.5%), computers including optical readers (1.3%), then insulated wire or cable (1.1%).

Combined, that cohort of most valuable Spanish imported goods represent almost three-tenths (28.8%) of Spain’s total imports in 2025.

Information presented under the sections below is also at the more granular 4-digit level.

Spain’s Imports of Mineral Fuels and Related Products

In 2025, Spanish importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of mineral fuels-related products.

1. Crude oil: US$32.1 billion (down -12.3% from 2024)
2. Petroleum gases: $13 billion (up 35.2%)
3. Processed petroleum oils: $10.5 billion (up 3.2%)
4. Coal tar oils (high temperature distillation): $1.8 billion (up 96.5%)
5. Electrical energy: $1.5 billion (down -2%)
6. Coal, solid fuels made from coal: $586.8 million (down -26.7%)
7. Petroleum oil residues: $333.9 million (up 22.6%)
8. Petroleum jelly, mineral waxes: $99.4 million (down -1.4%)
9. Peat: $74.6 million (up 24.4%)
10. Tar pitch, coke: $4.8 million (up 12.1%)

Among these import subcategories, Spanish purchases of high-temperature distilled coal tar oils (up 96.5%), petroleum gases (up 35.2%) then peat (up 24.4%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imports related to mineral fuels among Spanish businesses and consumers.

Spain’s Imports of Vehicles

In 2025, Spanish importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of vehicles.

1. Cars: US$28.6 billion (up 22.5% from 2024)
2. Automobile parts/accessories: $14.5 billion (up 2.9%)
3. Trucks: $3.8 billion (up 10.5%)
4. Tractors: $2.8 billion (up 50.7%)
5. Motorcycles: $1.6 billion (up 25.4%)
6. Public-transport vehicles: $828.6 million (down -16.2%)
7. Motorcycle parts/accessories: $782.6 million (up 27.4%)
8. Trailers: $661.9 million (up 28%)
9. Special purpose vehicles: $476.7 million (down -23.4%)
10. Bicycles, other non-motorized cycles: $270.1 million (up 19.1%)

Among these import subcategories, Spanish purchases of tractors (up 50.7%), trailers (up 28%) then motorcycle parts or accessories (up 27.4%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported vehicles among Spanish businesses and consumers.

Spain’s Imports of Machinery Including Computers

In 2025, Spanish importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of machines including computers.

1. Computers, optical readers: US$6.7 billion (up 44.8% from 2024)
2. Turbo-jets: $3.7 billion (up 17.7%)
3. Piston engines: $2.9 billion (up 9%)
4. Air or vacuum pumps: $2.2 billion (up 30.9%)
5. Taps, valves, similar appliances: $2.04 billion (up 14.2%)
6. Centrifuges, filters and purifiers: $2.03 billion (up 11.9%)
7. Engines (diesel): $1.97 billion (up 16.4%)
8. Air conditioners: $1.87 billion (up 12.4%)
9. Miscellaneous machinery: $1.67 billion (up 20.7%)
10. Refrigerators, freezers: $1.57 billion (up 25.6%)

Among these import subcategories, Spanish purchases of computers or optical readers (up 44.8%), air or vacuum pumps (up 30.9%) then refrigerators or freezers (up 25.6%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported machinery among Spanish businesses and consumers.

Spain’s Imports of Electronics

In 2025, Spanish importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of electronic equipment including consumer electronics.

1. Phone devices including smartphones: US$9.4 billion (up 20.7% from 2024)
2. Insulated wire/cable: $5.5 billion (up 31.9%)
3. Electrical converters/power units: $3.4 billion (up 23.5%)
4. Electric storage batteries: $3.1 billion (up 20.1%)
5. Lower-voltage switches, fuses: $2.2 billion (up 17.7%)
6. TV receivers/monitors/projectors: $2 billion (up 8.9%)
7. Electric water heaters, hair dryers: $1.85 billion (up 19.7%)
8. Electrical/optical circuit boards, panels: $1.81 billion (up 28.3%)
9. Electric motors, generators: $1.79 billion (up 34.8%)
10. Solar power diodes/semi-conductors: $1.69 billion (down -20.7%)

Among these import subcategories, Spanish purchases of electric motors or generators (up 34.8%), insulated wire and cable (up 31.9%) then electrical or optical circuit boards and panels (up 28.3%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported electronics among Spanish businesses and consumers.
 

See also Spain’s Top 10 Exports, Spain’s Top Trading Partners and Top EU Export Countries

Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Country Profiles, Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on April 18, 2026

International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on April 18, 2026

Trade Map, International Trade Centre. Accessed on April 18, 2026

X-rates.com, Exchange Rates: Euro to US Dollar (monthly average 2025). Accessed on April 18, 2026