The tariffs announced by Trump have fed the Doubts about imports and exports between Spain and the United States. It is clear that thanks to our gastronomic wealth Spain exports more than matters, in regard to the food sector, and it is obvious that products such as Oil or wine leave the borders of Spain towards the US. every day. But and vice versa?
Products that most export the United States to Spain
- Soy: Among all those found on the list is the one that has the most weight with 3% of agri -food exports.
- Dry fruits and legumes: They represent almost 2% of agri -food imports from the USA. Within this group are nuts, sunflower seeds, lentils, beans and chickpeas.
- Wheat and corn: If it is true that in Spain both are grown, but those that arrive from the United States are a part of food production in our country. Especially for flours, breads, pasta, cereals and snacks.
- Vegetable juices and aromatic plants: Both are used to give flavor, color and aroma to numerous foods produced in Spain.
There is something that have in common all the foods that are part of this list and that would be the main problem, and that is that All of them are present in all foods that are manufactured in Spain.
Surely when you have read the information of a food you have seen that it puts contains traces of soybeans or nuts, also if it is not a gluten -free product, wheat is present and we are no longer talking about all the dyes, flavorings and aromatizing that carries the food we consume daily. For all these factors a Direct impact on our supermarkets, restaurants and kitchensdue to the rise of tariffs in food products that the United States exports to Spain.
