Dubai – Lombardy is a solid presence in Russia, Morocco, Brazil and the United Arab Emirates, worth over €4 billion of trade over the course of just six months, one-fifth of the Italian total, (21.5%). The largest trading partner is Russia with over €2 billion, €1.2 billion in imports and almost €1 billion in exports. The second largest partner is the UAE with €881 million, for an increase due mainly to exports (up by 42.2%). Milan is at the center of a third of trade (33.9%), followed Pavia with 21% and Varese with 9.6%. Sondrio however is the fastest growing regional center (+84.2% compared to 2014), followed by Varese (which increased its exports by 44.1%) and Monza and Brianza (+8.8%). Lombardy mainly imports oil from Russia, food from Morocco and Brazil, rubber and plastic from the UAE. It mainly exports machinery but also clothing to Russia, substances and chemicals to Morocco and Brazil, and means of transport to the UAE. This emerges from an evaluation of the Chamber of Commerce of Milan on Istat data for the first half of 2015 and 2014 related to Russia, Morocco, Brazil and UAE. (9Colonne)
