
A Unioncamere-Centro studi Tagliacarne survey highlights the unexpressed potential of Italian companies for foreign markets.
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Unioncamere-Centro studi Tagliacarne survey on 4,500 companies regarding the potential for internationalisation.
There are around 20 thousand Italian companies that could start or develop a business on foreign markets, but do not yet export. This is what emerges from a Unioncamere-Centro studi Tagliacarne survey of 4,500 companies.
Exporting companies record a 20% higher labor productivity than those active only on the domestic market. One in three expects an increase in turnover in 2027, compared to 22% of non-exporters.
In the three-year period 2026-2028, 43% of exporters plan to invest in research and development, compared to 16% of other companies. The potential for new exporters is greater in the South, with 21 companies out of every 100 already exporting, compared to 13 in the Centre-North.
Between 2020 and 2024, companies that used chamber of commerce services for internationalization were 41.4% more likely to start exporting. The value of exports was 21.8% higher, with an additional impact estimated between 600 and 800 million euros.
"Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani wants to reach an export value of 700 billion by 2027. We at Unioncamere will contribute to reaching this goal", declared the president of Unioncamere Andrea Prete on the occasion of the annual Assembly held today in Rome.
"I am very happy to count on your support. I believe that you can be decisive for increasing exports with the strategy of still including many companies that have not yet decided to proceed with exporting abroad", declared Minister Tajani present today at the Assembly.
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