An Exporting Province par Excellence

When it comes to exports, Vicenza is in third place among all Italian Provinces. This is an exceptional result considering that this area is located in the vicinity of Milan, the financial capital par excellence and Turin, where Fiat has its head office – one of the most important European automotive industries. It is even more important when we consider that the 12 billion 130 million EUR of turnover in exports is achieved by a productive structure made up primarily of many small and medium sized enterprises, which can compete with large international groups, regardless of their reduced size, armed with their winning characteristics of flexibility, specialization, high technology and quality. The leading export markets are the countries of the European Union (47.6%), followed by Asia (17%) and North America (12.2%).
“Made in Vicenza” products, therefore, assert themselves on the global market, with scores of thousands of companies doing business in strategic sectors. This is demonstrated by statistics on turnover: metal processing and machine production can boast of an export turnover of some 5 billion 546 million EUR, followed at a distance by the tanning industry, which approaches 1 billion 500 million EUR. The gold sector has reached an export turnover of 1 billion 399 million EUR and the textiles and clothing sector accounts for 1 billion 643 million EUR.
In addition to these results, which are due to the particular network structure of the Vicenza’s productive context, there are cases of a real international standing, in which local companies are protagonists in sectors such as clothing, sportswear, home furnishings and industrial technology.