- She announces that the Xunta will shortly unveil its new Internationalisation Strategy, currently being developed, which she says “builds on the success of the previous strategy”
Ourense, 15 October 2026
The Regional Minister for Economy and Industry, María Jesús Lorenzana, today highlighted the export strength of Galician businesses, which places Galicia among Spain’s leading regions, with exports worth €18,409.7 million recorded between January and July, a year-on-year increase of 0.9%.
Speaking today at the Conversas Conecta Ourense event, organised by the Ourense Business Confederation (CEO), Lorenzana noted that Galicia ranks among Spain’s top exporting regions, very close to the Basque Country, with which it regularly records similar figures. “This demonstrates Galicia’s industrial and economic quality,” she said.
“Our share of exports is far greater than our share of the population,” she continued, “and that has a great deal to do with the talent and capabilities of Galicia’s business sector, but also with the fact that things have been done well.” She was referring to the work of business confederations, businesses themselves and the support provided by the regional government.
She pointed to the support programmes that the Galician Institute for Economic Promotion (Igape) has made available to Galician businesses to help them enter new markets. In this context, she announced that the Xunta would shortly unveil the new Internationalisation Strategy it is developing, which, she concluded, “builds on the success of the previous strategy”.
