Analysis of exports amec sectors 2025
Exports of the industrial sectors represented by amec closed the 2025 financial year with a figure of 10,414 million euros, representing an overall growth of 4.2% over the previous year. This final balance shows an acceleration in foreign trade dynamism towards the end of the year.
Sectoral Dynamism: Year-on-Year Growth
An analysis of the data for the sectors that make up the association shows a positive evolution in the vast majority of industries:
- Leaders in expansion: The Industrial Hardware sector leads the growth with a remarkable 17.7%, followed by Packaging Machinery ( +9.6%), Food Industry Technology ( +8.3%) and Textile and Apparel Machinery ( +7.3%).
- Sustained growth: The Bathroom and Sanitation (+4.1%) and Electrical Equipment (+2.7%) sectors also closed the year with positive variations.
- Sectors in contraction: Only Plastics Technology ( -1.9%) and City Solutions ( -5.1%) recorded declines.
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Sub-sector Analysis: Evolution within each Sector
The 2025 closing balance sheet reveals a strong asymmetry in the performance of the various industry segments that make up amec’s sectors. While areas such as Industrial Hardware and Packaging Machinery show solid traction driven by high-growth niches such as Plastic Fittings (+75.1%) and Packaging Machinery (+24.0%), other areas face significant challenges. It is noteworthy how, even in sectors with overall negative variations such as City Solutions (-5.1%), subsectors with extraordinary growth such as CCTV (+167.7%) coexist, reinforcing the need for a detailed analysis against aggregate figures.
Sector | Annual variation (%) of the sector | Fastest growing segments | Worst performing segments |
Industrial hardware | 17,7% | Plastic fittings (+75.1%), Measuring instruments (+26.5%) | Door locks (+6.1%) |
Packaging machinery | 9,6% | Packaging Packaging (+24.0%), Package printing (+6.1%) | Cleaning and drying machines (-16.1%), Weighing machines (-14.3%) |
Technology for the food industry | 8,3% | Milk (+29.9%), Balances (+27.2%) | Guts (+1.1%) |
Textile and apparel machinery | 7,3% | Textile printing (+84.4%), Mq Tissage (+22.5%) | Nonwovens (-78.1%), Spinning mills (-6.4%) |
Bathroom and sanitation | 4,1% | Flexible pipes (+13.3%), HVAC (+11.8%) | Acc Pipeline (-7.9%), Hand dryers (-3.3%) |
Electrical equipment | 2,7% | Generators (+41.9%), Boards and panels (+26.7%) | LV switchgear (-35.1%), Condensers (-13.3%) |
Technology for plastics | -1,9% | Extruders (+27.2%), Other IMAPC (+10.1%) | Thermoforming machines (-31.4%), Blow molding machines (-28.8%), Thermoforming machines (-31.4%), Blow molding machines (-28.8%) |
Solutions for cities | -5,1% | CCTV (+167.7%), parking meters (+22.5%) | Water treatment (-12.5%), Tile (-12.1%) |
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Global Markets: Fastest Growing Destinations
The flow of exports shows a clear focus on markets with high acceleration and consolidation in key European markets:
- Regions with the strongest momentum: Sub-Saharan Africa (+16.2%), the Middle East (+14.2%) and the Maghreb (+12.0%) led regional growth, while the European Union grew by a solid 6.5%.
- Developing countries: The increases in the United Arab Emirates (+36.3%), Belgium (+17.5%), Saudi Arabia (+12.2%) and Germany (+11.2%) stand out.
- US nuance: Although the overall figure for the US shows a decrease of -6.4%, this figure is conditioned by the drop in the Tile segment; excluding this product, industrial exports to the US market grew by 1%.
- Declines in other markets: Declines were observed in Mexico (-10.3%), Asia (-5.7%) and France (-1.9%).
Go deeper with CoLAB's amec data resources
These variations show that market opportunities are very specific. We invite you to go beyond the figure for your sector, and visit the CoLAB sector export panel. You can also consult page 9, where you can filter by your exact tariff heading. This will allow them to see if your company is following the trend of the most dynamic segments or if you need to adjust your strategy in the face of downturns.
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