Oct. 22 – Until Thursday, the Confindustria Anie (National Firm Federation for Electronics and Electro-technologies) will be in South Africa on an important entrepreneurial mission. The initiative, made possible thanks to the ICE mediation in Johannesburg, will see 10 firms in the federation hold over 100 meetings with local entrepreneurs in the energy, automation, railway and security sectors. In 2011, Italy’s Fdi in South Africa was €500 million, touching mainly the instrumental mechanics, transport, chemistry, textile, and fashion departments. In the same year, Italy was the 10th export economy for South Africa, surpassing €1.7 billion. The 2012 predictions confirm this trend, with an expected 10% increase. In 2011, 9% of total Italian exports to South Africa were in the electronics sector, for a total of €156 million. During the same period, the balance of payments between the two countries in the fields of electronics and electro-technologies were positive by €73,4 million. In the first trimester of 2012, electro-technic exports towards South Africa were €75.4 million.
