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Customs Information
Spain
SHIPMENT MUST NOT MOVE UNTIL ALL DOCUMENTS ARE IN ORDER AND CUSTOMER IS IN SPAIN
- Used household goods may be duty-free if:
- Owned minimum six months (EC countries three months) prior to arrival in Spain and customer can prove ownership for this period
- Will remain in customer's possession for a minimum of one year
- The contents correspond to customer's status
- Used household goods must be imported no later than twelve months after customer has obtained a Residence/Work Permit in Spain
- Shipment must arrive no later than three months after customer; special permit necessary if shipment arrives later, resulting in ADDITIONAL CHARGES AND DELAYS
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Transportation
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Railways
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Total: 14,268 km (7,718 km electrified)
Broad gauge: 11,804 km 1.668-m gauge (6,409 km electrified)
Standard gauge: 526 km 1.435-m gauge (526 km electrified)
Narrow gauge: 1,910 km 1.000-m gauge (755 km electrified); 28 km 0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified) (2003)
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Highways
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Total: 664,852 km
Paved: 658,203 km (including 11,152 km of expressways)
Unpaved: 6,649 km (2001)
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Waterways:
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1045 km (2003)
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Pipelines
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gas 7,306 km; oil 730 km; refined products 3,512 km (2004)
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Ports and Harbors
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Aviles, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cadiz, Cartagena, Castellon de la Plana, Ceuta, Huelva, A Coruna, Las Palmas (Canary Islands), Malaga, Melilla, Pasajes, Gijon, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands), Santander, Tarragona, Valencia, Vigo
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Merchant Marine
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Total: 182 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,740,974 GRT/2,157,551 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 10, cargo 22, chemical tanker 16, container 19, liquefied gas 8, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 47, petroleum tanker 20, refrigerated cargo 6, roll on/roll off 25, vehicle carrier 7
foreign-owned: 29 (Cuba 2, Denmark 1, Germany 9, Italy 2, Norway 6, United States 7, Uruguay 2)
registered in other countries: 192 (2005)
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Airports
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156 (2004 est.)
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Airports -
with paved runways
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Total: 95
over 3,047 m: 15
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 23
under 914 m: 28 (2004 est.)
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Airports -
with unpaved runways
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Total: 61
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 44 (2004 est.)
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Heliports
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8 (2004 est.)
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Location:
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Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of France
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Geographic Coordinates
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40 00 N, 4 00 W
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Map References
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Europe
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Area
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Total: 504,782 sq km
Land: 499,542 sq km
Water: 5,240 sq km
Note: there are 19 autonomous communities including Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, and three small Spanish possessions off the coast of Morocco - Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera
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Area Comparative
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Slightly more than twice the size of Oregon
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Land Boundaries
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Total: 1,917.8 km
Border Countries: Andorra 63.7 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km, Portugal 1,214 km, Morocco (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Morocco (Melilla) 9.6 km
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Coastline
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4,964 km
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Maritime Claims
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Territorial Sea: 12 nm
Contiguous Zone: 24 nm
Exclusive Economic zone: 200 nm (applies only to the Atlantic Ocean)
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Climate
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Temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast
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Terrain
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Large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills; Pyrenees in north
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Elevation Extremes
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Iowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Highest point: Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Islands 3,718 m
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Natural Resources
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Coal, lignite, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, tungsten, mercury, pyrites, magnesite, fluorspar, gypsum, sepiolite, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land
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Land Use
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Arable land: 26.07%
Permanent crops: 9.87%
Other: 64.06% (2001)
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Irrigated land
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36,400 sq km (1998 est.)
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Natural Hazards
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Periodic droughts
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Environment - current issues
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Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea from raw sewage and effluents from the offshore production of oil and gas; water quality and quantity nationwide; air pollution; deforestation; desertification.
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Environment - international agreements:
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Party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
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Geography - Note
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Strategic location along approaches to Strait of Gibraltar |
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