Beijing – Lombardy is increasingly appreciated in the fashion world, with exports for the first nine months of 2015 amounting to €9 billion. Lombardy mainly exports clothing, for a value of €4 billion; followed by textiles (almost €3 billion) and leather goods (€2.1 billion). Milan accounts for almost half of the regional total (€4.2 billion), followed Como (€1.1 billion), Varese and Bergamo with more than €680 million. The main destination regions are Europe, East Asia and North America. Almost €1 billion worth of goods are exported to France, €650 million to Germany. Among non-EU countries, first is the United States with €800 million, followed by Hong Kong with more than €700 million. €500 million in goods also reached China, €400 million Japan, and €300 million South Korea. Even though there’s been a fall in sales in Russia, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are growing. All this emerges from an evaluation of the Milan Chamber of Commerce of on data provided by the register of companies for the third quarter of 2015. (9Colonne)
