Table 1.

Sample characteristics.

Sector distribution
Agri-food	31 %
Industrial	32 %
Services	37 %
Number of employees
1–11	37 %
11–49	38 %
50–249	18 %
More than 250	7 %
Export dedication
Has staff dedicated	53 %
Personnel from other areas deal with export	47 %
Presence of export department
Has its own export department	43 %
Integrates export in other departments	57 %
Start of export activity
Same year of starting the activity	11 %
Within the first 5 years	45.5 %
From the 6th year of activity onward	54,5 %
Number of countries exported to
To 10 or less countries	26 %
To more than 10 countries	74 %