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FOREIGN TRADE BY SECTORS Table 7.2

IMPORTS EXPORTS
M euros % variation % total M euros % variation % total
2022 2022/2021 2022 2022 2022/2021 2022
Live animals & animal products 79.2 26.1 4.5 0.3 51.7 0.1
Vegetable products 35.7 18.0 2.0 0.0 128.2 0.0
Fats & oils 8.3 50.5 0.5 0.2 114.5 0.1
Food products, beverages & tobacco 247.0 34.4 13.9 0.7 22.6 0.2
Mineral products 223.3 92.1 12.6 0.3 -15.3 0.1
Products of the chemical industries 181.7 20.5 10.2 4.6 -14.9 1.2
Plastics, rubber & articles thereof 42.3 45.9 2.4 1.4 116.0 0.4
Fur, leather & articles thereof 13.7 37.0 0.8 2.1 -8.9 0.6
Wood, cork & articles thereof 17.9 50.6 1.0 1.8 40.5 0.5
Paper & graphic arts 41.5 40.9 2.3 11.9 8.2 3.2
Textiles 113.9 30.6 6.4 8.1 -8.0 2.2
Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, etc. 41.0 47.8 2.3 5.9 1.2 1.6
Stone, cement & ceramic articles 27.8 57.1 1.6 0.4 43.1 0.1
Pearls, precious stones & metals 28.1 8.6 1.6 7.6 -17.9 2.1
Base metals & articles thereof 78.3 35.4 4.4 5.5 -1.4 1.5
Machinery & electrical equipment 219.0 45.4 12.4 56.4 62.4 15.3
Transport material 228.0 4.8 12.9 36.8 10.9 10.0
Optical, photographic, precision app. 61.5 16.1 3.5 19.8 14.3 5.4
Arms & ammunition 1.3 28.3 0.1 0.2 -26.1 0.0
Miscellaneous manufactured articles 77.0 50.3 4.3 2.0 7.9 0.5
Works of art, antiques 5.2 82.5 0.3 201.3 14,038.6 54.8 59
Others 1.5 85.6 0.1 0.5 -33.0 0.1
Total 1,773.1 34.0 100 367.5 160.9 100

Source: Department of Tax and Frontiers.

As for imports of chemical products, the trend Strong increase in imports in the branch
was positive (+20.5%; +14.9% in 2021), but of mineral products due to rising oil prices.
smaller than the overall variation, so its share
shrank from 11.4% in 2021 to 10.2% in 2022.
The two most important chapters in the group saw upward trends: the chapter of perfumery, with
5.8% of the total, rose 32.5%, and pharmaceutical products, with a volume of 2.2%, grew 6%.

The next most important group of products is textiles, which represents 6.4% of total imports
and saw an increase of 30.6% due to the recovery in private consumption. The other groups of
products represent less than 5% of total foreign purchases and showed positive trends overall.
By order of importance, there are the branch of live animals and animal products (4.5% of the
total), the branch of base metals and articles thereof (4.4%) and miscellaneous manufactured
articles (4.3%). Andorran economy: general developments | VII. Foreign sector

3.2. Exports

In 2022, Andorran exports rose 160.9%, due to an atypical increase in sales of works of art and
antiques, making this chapter grow to 55% of total exports. So, this branch contributed 141.9 points
to the total variation of 160.9 points this year (88% of the total). Of the other 21 branches, exports
shrank in eight and increased in the other thirteen. The most important positive contributions were