(Jul. 1st) The trade exchange between Lombardy and Tunisia does not know the crisis: as is clear from an elaboration of the Chamber of Commerce of Milan on ISTAT data for the first quarter of 2014, the value of trade exceeds 270 million Euros, a fifth of the national import-export with the neighboring country of Mediterranean Africa. Mainly it regards exports, worth a total of 167 million euros, concentrated in the manufacturing sector (99.6%). From Italy to Tunisia arrive metal products (18.2%) and machinery (12.1%), but also textiles and clothing (27.9%), which are also imported (over 55%), followed by electrical equipment (12%). Among the provinces, Milan with a third of the interchange leads the relations with Tunisia, within a flexion, however, compared to 2013. Varese is at the second place, with 17.4% of imports and 12.4% of exports, followed by Brescia for imports (10.5%) and Bergamo for export (11.7%). On the other hand, Cremona is growing by 379% in exports, from 3 to 15 million euro in a year.
