In the modern ages commerce on took great importance, specially for the Port of Bilbao, to which the kings granted privileges in 1511 for trade with the ports of the Spanish Empire.
U suvremeno doba trgovina je preuzela veliku važnost, posebno za luku Bilbao, kojoj su kraljevi odobriti povlastice godine 1511. za trgovinu s lukama španjolskog carstva.