In addition to its business ventures, the strategic location of Catalonia makes it the ideal launching pad for gaining entry into Europe, as well as the Latin American, North African and Middle Eastern markets. In the Euro zone, we have a consumer market of 309 million people with a GNP of 7,980,344million euros; all of this only 2 hours' flying time from Barcelona. 

The Catalan economy is very much internationalised: Catalonia boasts 36% of the Spanish exporting companies and one-fifth of Catalan industrial companies export regularly. Looking at exports as a whole, 75% are exported to European Union markets, while more than 60% of imports come from countries within the European Union. Access to worldwide markets from Catalonia is also guaranteed, partly due to the extensive and high-quality transport infrastructure.

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