Latin America and the United States represent more than half of the exports of the Spanish publishing industry, according to data released this Tuesday by the Federation of Editors' Guilds of Spain (FGEE).

“52 percent is exported to Latin America and the United States, where, with the exception of Argentina, what sells the most is religious books in Spanish,” stated the executive director of the FGEE, Antonio María Ávila.

The president of the federation, Daniel Fernández, for his part, pointed out at a press conference in Madrid some of the concerns of the sector, such as the fact that some Latin American countries, the main market for the Spanish publishing industry, are in a “complicated” situation.

Last year the turnover of this industry grew by 5.5 percent and reached 2,718.52 million euros.

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