Report: China Overtakes Germany as Spain’s Top Supplier of Goods

China dethroned Germany as Spain’s top supplier of goods during the first quarter of 2026, fresh data from the Spanish government reveals.

The data, cited by the Spanish newspaper El País on Thursday morning, showed Chinese goods accounted for 11.6 percent of all of Spain’s imports during the first four years of 2026 — an amount slightly higher than the 11.4 percent of goods imported in that same period from Germany, Spain’s historically top supplier. Chinese exports to Spain during Q1 2026 reportedly amounted to over 12.5 billion euros.

El País explained that the only time in which China had overtaken Germany as top supplier of goods to Spain in the past was in 2022, when microchip shortages brought the German car making sector to a standstill. Such circumstances, however, were temporary, with Germany reclaiming the title of Spain’s top supplier by 2023 — returning to its relatively unchanging