Tehran – In the first six months of 2016 Lombard exports to Iran grows by 27% surpassing the 266 million euro, 60 million more than the same period last year. Numbers that make Lombardy leader for Italian exports to the Asian country, with a weight of 40.2% of the national total. More than half of the exports concerns the machinery (53.4%), in one out of ten (9.5%), electrical appliances. 36.3% of Lombardy’s exports come from the area of Milan, then Monza and Brianza (24.3%), Bergamo (10.9%) and Brescia (8.3%). Lecco is the territory that grows more in a year, + 125% in the amount of over 14 million euro, almost all made up of metals and metal products. The data were released the day before the departure, tomorrow, of 25 Lombardy companies on a trade mission in Tehran. Numerous sectors involved: agro-industry, irrigation systems, desalination plants, machinery and equipment, buildings and infrastructure, contract, furniture and design, energy, oil & gas, petrochemical, steel, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, automotive and components, water treatment and waste management. (9Colonne)
