Nov. 19 – Lombardy and Portugal improve their economic relations, as their exchanges amount to nearly €600 million in half a year, €160 million for imports and €437 for exports. The data emerges from an elaboration of the Chamber of Commerce of Milan on ISTAT data for the first six months of 2013. Lombardy imports mainly wood products and paper (15.5% of total manufacturing imports from Portugal) and clothing and chemical products (respectively 13.4% and 13.2%); while the Italian region exports mainly machinery and equipment (16.9%). The most important provinces in the exporting business are: Milan (22.3%), Bergamo (14.4%) and Brescia (12.8%). As for imports, Milan prevails at 27.3%, followed by Bergamo (21%). In one year, exports increased for Sondrio (+25.9 %) and Lecco (+18.4%), while imports grew mainly for Sondrio (+86.7 %) and Pavia (+67.8%). Economic relations between Lombardy and Portugal were the subject of a meeting held today by the Milan Chamber of Commerce. The title was “Portugal : Business Opportunities and networking between businesses,” organized by AICEP Portugal Global, Assolombarda, the Chamber of Commerce of Milan, via its company for the internationalization, Promos, and the Embassy of the Republic of Portugal to Italy.
