Imports and exports by Spanish port: annual series since 2005

YearSort and chart by

View the trend of up to 4 ports side by side

In 2025 the port system totals 281.7M t (foreign trade), 0.8% less than in 2024. The series peak is 299.3M t, in 2018. Valencia, Cartagena and Barcelona account for 33.2% of the total.

Port system · 2025

Foreign trade

281.7M t

-0.8% vs 2024

System trend · Foreign trade (2005–2025)

Ten largest volumes · Foreign trade (2025)

Figures in tonnes.

#	Port authority	Imports, liquid bulk	Imports, dry bulk	Imports, general cargo	Total imports	Exports, liquid bulk	Exports, dry bulk	Exports, general cargo	Total exports	Foreign trade	Domestic trade	% of system	Chg. 2024–2025
1	Valencia	2,984,512	1,774,862	12,598,431	17,357,805	202,773	630,548	14,067,870	14,901,191	32,258,996	5,324,974	11.45%	+5.9%
2	Cartagena	18,690,744	4,536,516	522,326	23,749,586	4,798,038	2,289,017	318,468	7,405,523	31,155,109	2,613,626	11.06%	-4.4%
3	Barcelona	7,961,651	2,421,054	8,256,423	18,639,128	519,866	1,468,045	9,601,883	11,589,794	30,228,922	4,874,520	10.73%	+4.8%
4	Bilbao	15,385,111	2,135,815	3,856,566	21,377,492	2,486,089	2,141,626	2,986,922	7,614,637	28,992,129	1,756,678	10.29%	-7%
5	Bahía de Algeciras	11,590,691	158,332	5,526,420	17,275,443	3,144,764	5,156	5,556,306	8,706,226	25,981,669	0	9.22%	+1%
6	Tarragona	13,524,222	6,160,799	1,202,382	20,887,403	2,832,736	191,766	576,872	3,601,374	24,488,777	2,400,788	8.69%	-8.5%
7	Huelva	12,471,047	3,035,352	149,470	15,655,869	3,518,179	1,741,986	199,808	5,459,973	21,115,842	5,535,139	7.5%	-7%
8	Castellón	6,289,663	6,899,597	103,228	13,292,488	1,154,957	906,467	813,380	2,874,804	16,167,292	2,098,462	5.74%	+4.9%
9	Gijón	1,014,390	9,042,162	665,784	10,722,336	64,961	2,251,574	861,426	3,177,961	13,900,297	1,282,066	4.93%	+5.7%
10	A Coruña	5,810,384	2,703,777	352,588	8,866,749	1,847,098	666,174	100,640	2,613,912	11,480,661	1,980,385	4.08%	-3%
11	Ferrol-San Cibrao	2,364,435	2,296,238	99,443	4,760,116	353,603	835,587	591,693	1,780,883	6,540,999	114,050	2.32%	+8.2%
12	Santander	176,036	2,054,026	910,086	3,140,148	10,894	1,115,623	1,608,186	2,734,703	5,874,851	183,759	2.09%	-0.4%
13	Almería	51,141	242,953	648,463	942,557	71,255	3,182,277	440,293	3,693,825	4,636,382	890,350	1.65%	+8.2%
14	Avilés	271,247	1,745,564	122,681	2,139,492	183,095	945,050	1,027,103	2,155,248	4,294,740	284,021	1.52%	+3.7%
15	Vigo	29,333	80,205	1,834,372	1,943,910	23	0	1,989,897	1,989,920	3,933,830	325,062	1.4%	+2.8%
16	Pasaia	0	867,367	1,305,923	2,173,290	0	132,490	993,975	1,126,465	3,299,755	29,439	1.17%	+0.6%
17	Sevilla	477,549	1,592,535	154,257	2,224,341	5,522	422,876	225,092	653,490	2,877,831	1,091,262	1.02%	+4.5%
18	Las Palmas	1,124,764	300,974	426,328	1,852,066	168,925	5,123	196,185	370,233	2,222,299	9,584,710	0.79%	-9.5%
19	Marín y Ría de Pontevedra	0	1,085,339	493,293	1,578,632	0	5,036	586,509	591,545	2,170,177	12,870	0.77%	-9.9%
20	Bahía de Cádiz	46,670	1,118,463	67,757	1,232,890	4,009	431,761	258,775	694,545	1,927,435	1,332,138	0.68%	+13.5%
21	Motril	743,971	214,782	223,772	1,182,525	38,803	622,033	67,874	728,710	1,911,235	717,464	0.68%	-4.4%
22	Málaga	30,027	769,099	246,836	1,045,962	39,005	295,781	235,735	570,521	1,616,483	197,078	0.57%	+3.6%
23	Alicante	4,000	520,087	190,905	714,992	90	620,209	117,154	737,453	1,452,445	979,876	0.52%	-18.6%
24	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	660,767	149,223	313,788	1,123,778	91,690	1,980	65,273	158,943	1,282,721	7,910,396	0.46%	-3.7%
25	Vilagarcía	323,844	198,254	271,442	793,540	0	76,490	257,284	333,774	1,127,314	263,084	0.4%	+2.6%
26	Ceuta	415,363	0	1,987	417,350	67,758	0	39	67,797	485,147	748,120	0.17%	+39.8%
27	Baleares	207,518	75,704	10,908	294,130	24	122	11,275	11,421	305,551	9,207,626	0.11%	-41.7%
28	Melilla	0	180	0	180	0	136	0	136	316	295,980	0%	+1,273.9%
	System total	102,649,080	52,179,259	40,555,859	195,384,198	21,604,157	20,984,933	43,755,917	86,345,007	281,729,205	62,033,923	100%	-0.8%

Source: Puertos del Estado, Annual Data Dashboard. Consolidated series by port authority. See all statistics

Indicators · EED Data

Read the monthly summary

All indicators →

Imports and exports

Read the monthly summary

Totality returns to the Strait of Gibraltar

You can now see more of El Estrecho Digital on Google