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1. ITALIAN ECONOMY
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2. ITALY
President of
Giorgio Napolitano
Republic
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DE L’EST Political Regime Parliamentary Republic
Capital Roma
GDP/Cap $2.037 trillion
Milano, Torino, Firenze,
Main cities
Venezia, Napoli
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3. MAIN ECONOMICAL INDICATORS
Statistics( 20010) Italy trends
Population (millions) 61.016.804
Superficy (km²) 301.340
Density(hab/km²) 201,12
GDP trillion$ 1.782
Growth 1.1%
Pop active 25.5 million
Unemployment rate 8.4%
Inflation rate 1.4%
Exchanges
Exports billion$ 458.4
Imports billion $ 459.7
Finance
Investment rate 19.1% GDP
Public debt 118% GDP
Official currency Euro
Change Euro/$ 1.4227
Source : OECD, IMF
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4. 8 REASONS TO GO TO ITALY
Many business
projects planned
for the Milan World
Expo 2015
11% European market
Leading International
exhibitions
Easy to reach
Open market
Strategic market
between EU and
Mediteranean sea Strategic business sectors
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5. STRATEGIC LOCATION
Northern Italy is a part of Blue banana, the European corridor which covers the world’s highest
concentration of money, industry and business trends
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6. ITALY, BUSINESS OUTLOOK
Import commodities - partners Export commodities - partners
engineering products, chemicals, engineering products, textiles and
transport equipment, energy products, clothing, production machinery, motor
minerals and nonferrous metals, vehicles, transport equipment,
textiles and clothing; food, beverages, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco
and tobacco
Germany 12.6%, France 11.57%, US
Germany 16.68%, France 8.82%, China
5.92%, Spain 5.69%, UK 5.13%,
6.53%, Netherlands 5.63%, Spain 4.3%,
Switzerland 4.69%
Russia 4.12%, Belgium 4.08%
Export – Import revenues Main industries
Imports $ 459.7 billion (2010 est.) tourism, machinery, iron and steel,
chemicals, food processing, textiles,
motor vehicles, clothing, footwear,
Exports $ 458.4 billion (2010 est.)
ceramics
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7. ITALY, MAIN SECTORS
Boating Fashion Manufacture Engineering
Furniture Automobile Wine & Food
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8. CLUSTERS & SPECIAL ZONES
Paper
Fashion and Textile
Machinery
Aerospace
Footwear - Shoe
Plastic
Furniture
Jewelry
Food industries
Source: Club dei Distretti industriali 8

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