The Catalan economy will close 2013 better of the planned

The official figures of the Institut d'Statistical of Catalonia situate the growth intertrimestral of the Catalan GDP in 0,2% the third quarter, a tenth more than the foreseen from the Camera of Trade of Barcelona in past October. This supposes, in terms interanuales, a fall of the lower GDP of the expected and that, therefore, the Catalan economy will close very probably the year 2013 with a less negative figure of the planned, taking into account that the last estimate of the Camera situated the annual fall of the GDP in the -1,1% in 2013.

Likewise, the growth of the exports of goods and services has accelerated slightly until 2,3% interanual the third quarter and the imports have fallen (-0,9%) contributing like this to the generation of commercial surplus in Catalonia and continuing a process of adjust initiated already in 2011. Therefore, the behaviour of the external demand is positive and improvement. In the same sense, the number of exporting companies presents an increasing tendency and sustained. In September were 41.605 the exporting companies of goods in Catalonia, what supposes an increase —by sixth consecutive year—that situates in 7,3% interanual accumulated and that will improve the registers of the years precedents.

Number of exporting companies in Catalonia (taxles of variation interanual). Source: Icex.

On the other hand, the number of regular exporting companies in Catalonia —that is to say, those that have exported of way continued in the last four years— grew 6,4% until September of 2013, consolidating and improving the tendency initiated in 2012.

In summary, the good behaviour of the export promotes the recovery of the activity and of the investment in the industry, favouring like this the improvement of the internal demand, that moderated the fall in the third quarter.