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Economy
Economy
The economic activity of Seville cannot be detached from the geographical and urban context of the city; the capital of Andalusia is the centre of a growing metropolitan area.
Aside from traditional neighborhoods such as Santa Cruz, Triana and La Macarena, those further away from the centre, such as Nervi贸n, Sevilla Este, and El Porvenir have seen recent economic growth.
Over the past twenty years, this urban area has seen significant population growth and the development of new industrial and commercial parks.
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Due to its size and location, Seville is economically the strongest of the Andalusian cities.
The infrastructure available in the city contributes to the growth of an economy dominated by the service sector, but in which industry still holds a considerable place.
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Economic infrastructure
The 1990s saw massive growth in investment in infrastructure in Seville, largely due to the hosting of the Universal Exposition of Seville in 1992, which saw the economic development of the city and its urban area is supported by good transport links to other Spanish cities, including a high-speed AVE railway link to Madrid, and a new international airport.
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Seville has the only river port of the Iberian peninsula, located 80 km (50 mi) from the mouth of the River Guadalquivir.
This harbor complex offers access to the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and allows trade in goods between the south of Spain (Andalusia, Extremadura) and Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
The port has undergone reorganisation.
Annual tonnage rose to 5.3 million tonnes of goods in 2006.
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Seville has conference facilities, including the Congress Palace.
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The city and its surrounding province have a number of large industrial parks and technology centres: Dos Hermanas accommodates the largest Andalusian industrial park, while Alcal谩 de Guada铆ra has the largest industrial complex by surface area in Andalusia; the Parque Cient铆fico Tecnol贸gico Sevilla Tecnopolis, gathers companies, research centres and university departments directed towards the development of new technologies; the Parque Tecnol贸gico y Aeron谩utico Aer贸polis is focused on the aircraft industry.
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Characteristics by sector
The town of Seville and its agglomeration have, by their situation in the heart of the plain of the Guadalquivir, maintained dynamic agricultural activity.
Agroalimentary industry is flourishing there.
Nevertheless, for a long time the area has been looking to the future, while investing massively in industrial activities, supported by the existing infrastructures.
The service sector and new technologies are increasingly important.
Seville concentrated, in 2004, 31% of large Andalusian companies and 128 of the 6,000 largest national companies.
In 2005, the metropolitan area counted a working population of 471,947 people, of which 329,471 (69.81%) worked within the city centre.
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Agriculture represents less than 1.3% of the workers of the city.
Cereal, fruit and olive-growing constitute the principal agricultural activities in this area of Andalusia.
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Industry contributes up to 28% of the economic output of Seville.
It employed in 2005 15.2% of workers in the city.
It is well established in the metropolitan area, stimulated by the various industrial parks, the presence of good infrastructure and the proximity of the complexes of the Bays of C谩diz, Algeciras, and Huelva.
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The service sector employs 83.5% of the working population of Seville.
It represents a significant share of the local economy and is centred on tourism, trade and financial services.
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Research and development
The city of Seville makes a significant contribution to scientific research, as it houses the first and largest DNA bank in Spain, through the local company Neocodex.
Neocodex stores 20,000 DNA samples and is recognised internationally.
In addition, Seville is also considered an important technological and research centre for renewable energies and the aeronautics industry.
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Through its high-tech centres and its fabric of innovating companies, the Andalusian capital has risen to among the most important Spanish cities in term of development and research.
Moreover, the scientific and technological activity of the three Seville universities has to be added, whose certain laboratories and research centres work in close connection with the local socio-economic power.
Thus, the Parque Cient铆fico Tecnol贸gico Cartuja 93 gathers private and public actors in various fields of research.
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The principal innovation and research orientations are telecommunications, new technologies, biotechnologies (in relation to local agricultural specificities), environment and renewable energy.
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