County Council of Huelva
Huelva County Council is situated in the
South-West of Andalusia, just at the border
with Portugal. Its 120 km coast is
washed by the Atlantic Ocean and its
total surface is 10.028 km2. More than
3.200 hours of light floods this land of
seaworthy, agricultural and industrial traditions.
Huelva is the cradle and origin of
discovery of "the New World".
The industrial-chemical center was initially created around pyrites developed further following the decision to build a refinery in Huelva creating a large industrial complex that has become over the last 40 years, one of the most important basis in Huelva's economy. This industrial complex is nowadays regarded as one of the main industrial-chemical centres in Spain. All companies within this sector are working together throughthe Association of Chemical and Basic Industries of Huelva (AIQB).
The contribution of this powerful Industrial Centre to Huelva's economy is revealed in economic data factsheet for year 2004, published by AIQB:
- Production value reached 3.316 M €, 31% invoiced to international market.
- Gross Added Value (GAV) generated by this activity was 647 M €, this is the equivalent to the 10% of County of Huelva's GAV.
- Value of investments equaled to 523M €. 13% of those investments were for environmental protection measures. The accumulated investment from 1990 has reached 2.422 M €. This figure reveals the intense and constant effort to modernise our companies in both production capacity and in raising environmental benefits as well as maintaining the competitiveness of the location for this industrial centre
- The industry directly employs some 6.333 people and generates jobs indirectly for a further 10.000. These figures represent 10% of the total employment in the County of Huelva.
Products developed by this Industrial
Centre include for instance: a wide range
of fertilisers, for agricultural use; tripoliphosphates,
which are the basis to make
detergent; titanium dioxide pigment, basic
component in paint manufacturing; phenol,
main row material to manufacture
new generation plastics and a wide range
of products for energy use derived from
oil refining. There is also one of the main
factories of paper paste in Spain, one
natural gas terminal and an electrical
power terminal of 1600 MW.
To conclude it is also key to mention the
critical importance of the port of Huelva.,
the second most important within
Andalusia, for the development of chemical
industry in this area. Its activity is
closely connected to industrial activity,
with 85% of its incomes and more than
90% of its traffics depending on the
Chemical Site.
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