Top Products "Made in Portugal"

The pace of Portugal’s export growth has picked up significantly over the past year. Find out the top products made in Portugal. Portugal has always exported its excellent wines, olive oil, fruits, cherries and pears. Other main industries also include cement production, plastic products, textiles, steel, footwear and of course tourism. Below is a list of top products "made in Portugal".

Cork Accessories

Portugal is the world's biggest producer and exporter of cork products. So naturally, the country also produces some neat things made from cork. Things made from cork include postcards cork purses, wallets, and of course wine corks. Cork is a natural product and anything made from cork is considered eco-friendly. In Portugal you will come across lots of cork accessories in souvenir shops.

Portuguese cork exports are directed to three main consumer markets - the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Germany, which absorb approximately 70 percent of the total.

Portuguese Footwear

Shoes made in Portugal are the third most expensive type of footwear in the world, due mainly for their authenticity and genuine material, costing an average of €64.90 per pair.

Nowadays Portugese leather goods are sold practically all over the world already.

The “Made in Portugal” stamp has gained new prestige and stylish fashion designers and shoe stores from around the world are placing orders. In effect, the Portuguese industry exports footwear to 132 countries, to all five continents. It has become, in fact, the most internationalized sector of the Portuguese economy.

Portuguese Desserts

The Portuguese are well known for their love of desserts and there are hundreds of Portuguese desserts ranging from cakes, pastries and tarts to mousses, puddings and sugary egg mixtures. Many are egg-based with names such as toucinho do céu, "fat from heaven",papos de anjo, "angel's double-chin" and barriga de freiras, or "belly of nuns" after the nuns who invented and prepared them in monasteries hundreds of years ago. There are also marzipan desserts, custard creme ones, and many others that you just have to try!

Portuguese Olive Oil

Portuguese olive oil is some of the best out there. Olive oil production in Portugal has a long-standing tradition, dating back to Roman times. There's even evidence of olive trees in Portugal dating all the way back to the Bronze Age! Interestingly, during the mid 16th century, olive oil was even used as fuel for lighting and Portugal exported its olive oil to Northern Europe and India for that purpose.

To this day, olive oil is an important ingredient in many traditional recipes and the Portuguese take their olive oil very seriously. There are six regions in Portugal that produce olive oil that has protected status, called DOP (Denominação de Origem Protegida). The regions are:

• DOP Trás os Montes
• DOP Beira Interior
• DOP Ribatejo
• DOP Alentejo interior
• DOP Norte Alentejano
• DOP Moura

Portugal is the 4th  largest olive oil producer in the world, with 46,000 tonnes/year.  

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