Vancouver – €1 billion is the value of trade between Lombardy and Canada in the first nine months of 2015, almost €120 million euro more that last year’s trend, for a 15.7% increase. Lombardy’s exports grew by €70 million (+ 12%), mainly in the sectors of machinery (€22 million more, + 12.8%), chemicals and chemical products (€14 million more, 28.7%) and metal products (€10 million more, + 10.7%). Milan (with 42.5%), Bergamo (12.5%) and Brescia (11.4%) are the principal exporting provinces. In terms of imports, which from January to September 2015 totaled €232 million, the main Lombard buyers are in Milan (46%) and Varese (31.7%). Compared to 2014, in 2015 trade grew mainly for Sondrio (+ 78%), Cremona (+ 47%) and Lecco (+ 22.8%). This according to the Chamber of Commerce of Milan, which analyzed data provided by the register of companies related to the third quarters of 2015 and 2014. At the moment, Canada is the subject of a Promos-Milan Chamber of Commerce initiative that sees the organization of a mission to Vancouver for June 22-24 dedicated to the food industry, another potentially very interesting sector for Milan and Lombardy companies. (9Colonne)
