Fira de Barcelona
| 2014 Report
Felip Puig i Godes
Minister for Business and Labour
of Government of Catalonia and First Vice
President of the Fira de Barcelona
General Council
Fira de Barcelona is a strategic mainstay of the
economy of Barcelona and Catalonia. This is
true, not only in terms of turnover, with revenue
of over 152 million euros in 2014, a record
figure, and activity generated, but also from
the standpoint of the internationalisation of the
Catalan economy.
Last year, 2014, was the year of economic
recovery in Catalonia: all macroeconomic
indicators evolved positively, more intensely
particularly over the last four months. Moreover,
for the fourth consecutive year, Catalan exports
reached their highest ever levels, with foreign
sales totalling more than 60,000 million euros
and nearly 16,000 Catalan companies exporting
regularly for the last four years or more.
Internationalisation is amongst the challenges
that face our economy and is, at the same
time, one of the main driving-forces behind
the economic recovery that is just beginning.
From this standpoint, Fira de Barcelona is a
strategic player: with its shows and congresses,
Barcelona has become a meeting point for
companies from around the globe, enabling
them to present, promote and market their
products at a venue that has become a
world benchmark. All this also gives Catalan
companies the chance to project from the local
to an economy that is increasingly open and
global. Today, our market is the world.
Promoting
an open, global
economy
