1. Spain exports goods and services mainly to France (16.0%), Germany (11%), Portugal (10%), Italy (9%), and the United Kingdom (7.0%). Imports come from Germany (14%), France (13%), China (9%), Italy (8%) and the Netherlands (5%).*
a) Exports: cars, medicines, textiles, petroleum oils, raw goods.
b) Imports: cars, car parts, medicines, seafood, textiles, raw goods, machinery.
2. The current Dollar Euro exchange rate is 0.768 (2013).
3. Spain's population has been in decline do to emigration rates overtaking immigration rates. Those who immigrate to Spain are mainly from Romania, Morocco, the United Kingdom, Bulgaria and Germany. Those who emigrate from Spain go chiefly to the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Portugal, Canada, and the United States.
4. Spain has maintained generally good relations with most of the countries in Europe, including the United Kingdom, France, Portugal, and Germany. It is also a broker in the Middle East. In regards to conflict, there has been a longstanding territorial issue with the United Kingdom over the status of Gibraltar. There is also a territorial issue in Morocco, with Spain claiming the two Spanish exclave cities of Ceuta and Melilla and Morocco fighting against this claim.
*Statistics from 2012.
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