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FOREIGN TRADE BY SECTORS
Table 7.2
IMPORTS EXPORTS
M euros % var. % total M euros % var. % total
2019 2019/18 2019 2019 2019/18 2019
Live animals & animal products 68.8 2.5 5.0 0.1 156.1 0.1
Vegetable products 29.7 3.1 2.2 0.0 53.5 0.0
Fats & oils 5.1 -10.5 0.4 0.1 -19.5 0.1
Food products, beverages & tobacco 209.7 3.8 15.2 0.4 -4.4 0.4
Mineral products 119.6 -1.5 8.7 1.7 327.8 1.5
Products of the chemical industries 165.7 -0.2 12.0 3.6 6.6 3.2
Plastics, rubber & articles thereof 30.4 2.4 2.2 0.6 -4.0 0.5
Fur, leather & articles thereof 13.0 -11.1 0.9 1.2 23.4 1.0
Wood, cork & articles thereof 11.6 11.4 0.8 1.4 3.8 1.2
Paper & graphic arts 30.8 6.8 2.2 7.7 20.3 6.7
Textiles 104.4 -2.5 7.6 8.4 12.1 7.4
Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, etc. 34.7 -5.0 2.5 3.5 22.2 3.1
Stone, cement & ceramic articles 18.5 -5.8 1.3 0.3 47.7 0.3
Pearls, precious stones & metals 14.7 -19.2 1.1 6.6 -10.6 5.8
Base metals & articles thereof 43.3 -13.5 3.1 3.7 -24.7 3.3
Machinery & electrical equipment 160.9 0.3 11.7 38.8 6.3 34.1
Transport material 182.9 3.0 13.3 16.9 -16.3 14.9
Optical, photographic, precision app. 47.1 2.7 3.4 14.6 -7.7 12.9
Arms & ammunition 1.0 12.0 0.1 0.1 25.6 0.1
Miscellaneous manufactured articles 60.4 2.1 4.4 1.8 -16.4 1.6
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Works of art, antiques 25.7 38.9 1.9 2.2 164.3 1.9
Total 1,377.9 0.7 100.0 113.8 1.4 100.0

Source: Department of Tax and Frontiers.

Finally, the trends varied in the groups of products with a share of less than 5% of foreign
purchases. In particular, the increase in works of art and antiques is notable (38.9%), whereas in
all other cases, the variations from the previous year were much slighter. With a negative trend,
The Andorran economy: general developments | VII. The foreign sector
note the reduction in imports of pearls, precious stones and metals (-19.2%), base metals (-13.5%)
and fur, leather and articles thereof ( 11.1%), which probably indicates an unfavourable trend in
trading of these types of products.

3.2. Exports

In 2019, Andorran exports increased 1.4% compared with the previous year. This trend can largely
be explained by the positive contributions from the groups of machinery and electrical equipment
(2.1 percentage points). To a lesser extent, there
was also the contribution from the group of In 2019, exports of machinery and
works of art and antiques (1.2 percentage electrical equipment were one third of
points), the group of paper and graphic arts
(1.1 percentage points), and mineral products the total and grew 6.3%.
(1.1 percentage points). In contrast, there was a
notably negative contribution from the sector of transport material (-2.9 percentage points) and
a negative contribution from base metals (-1.1 percentage points), also one of the sectors that
contributed most negatively to import growth, probably due to falling re-exports.