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Given the importance of socioeconomic aspects in any activity, especially in transport and logistics, OTLE includes information on macroeconomic aggregates, companies, employment, investment, prices and costs, etc.
Production of the 'Transport and Storage' sector: evolution of intermediate consumption and gross value added for the years 2000 to 2022.
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Macroeconomic aggregates (National Accounts INE)
The production of the transport and storage sector reached 149,788 million euros in 2022, with an added value of 51,624 million euros.
Companies and their activity
According to the INE's Central Business Directory, 210,502 companies were registered in the transport and storage sector in 2021, of which 164,512 operated in the road and pipeline transport branch.
Foreign trade and investment
Foreign investment
Spanish companies in the transport and storage sector invested 308 million euros abroad in 2021. Furthermore, 701 million euros were invested from abroad in Spanish companies in the sector.
Foreign trade
The value of imports in 2021 reached 342,787 million euros, the majority of which arrived by sea and road (39 and 51 % respectively). Exports reached 316,609 million euros, the majority of which came by sea and road (33 and 55% respectively).
In tonnes, 246 million tonnes were imported, 73% by sea and 23% by road; and 186 million tonnes were exported, 57% by sea and 41% by road.
Employment
In 2022 1,099,400 people were employed in the transport and storage sector, according to the Labour Force Survey. The number of Social Security affiliates in the transport and storage sector reached 1,008,496 workers.
Business operation and financing
Operating results
In 2021, companies in the transport and storage sector achieved a turnover of 113,823.2 million euros, with an output value of 84,118 million euros, according to Structural Business Statistics: Services Sector.
