Europe reduces the Purchase of cars To Spain in full freezing of consumer demand in the different markets of the old continent. Factories have registered a decrease in exports of 20% so far this year when closing the month of February with the sending of 324,250 units. A reduction in orders to the Spanish plants that arrives in the midst of tariff disputes the Government of Donald Trump and the landing of new brands from China.
This is confirmed by the data published by the Spanish Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers (ANFAC), to which this newspaper has had access, which reflects a drop in exports in the first two months of the year in which they were exported 324,250 units From Spain abroad, which translates into 20% less than in the same period of the previous year, when the Spanish factories sent about 400,000 cars outside our borders.
The negative trend with which the year began has been repeated in the second month of 2025, in which they left Spanish factories to destinations abroad, a total of 179,080 unitswhich represents 12.4% less shipping than in the same month of 2024.
During the second month, 84% of vehicles manufactured in Spain have been sent to markets abroad, a figure that coincides with the usual. In this sense, Europe continues to receive most of the models, occupying 94.6% of exported vehicles in the month, which has meant an increase of more than half a point compared to the same period of 2024.
Europe reduces purchase cars from Spain
Within European territory, France continues to lead the purchase Spanish cars, representing 19.4% of the shipments of cars outside the Spanish borders, followed by Germany with a quota of 17.1%, Kingdom United With 13.4% and Italy with 11.4%. However, these data also reveal exports to the Asian continent are the ones that are most increasing their weight, placing themselves by 2.1%, which translates into a point and a half more compared to February of last year.
Production falls
The drop in orders by the main market of the old continent has caused a reduction of the units assembled in Spanish plants. According to the aforementioned data, the vehicle production In Spain, 6.8% has been reduced in February compared to the figure recorded in the same month of 2024, until it is located in the 213,173 units. This fall in production has determined that the annual accumulated in the first two months is in 382,104 unitsregistering a decrease of 16.9% compared to 2024.
Given this situation, the general director of ANFAC, José López-Tafall“The second month of the year continues to show the decreasing trend that we saw both at the end of 2024 and at the beginning of 2025.” “Both the entry into production of the new models of electrified vehicles with the adjustments that lead to the production chains of the manufacturers, as well as the fall of sales in the main markets and export destinations of our vehicles are marking this decrease in the manufacture, which already accumulates four months in a row,” he added.
