(August 30, 2016) Italian Design in the world? Where to go, which are the major markets, which are the emerging one and how many companies working in the field? Here comes a map that shows it all: “Italian design in the world”, organized by the Milan Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Promos, its special agency for International Activities. An yearly export from 20.7 billion: the value achieved by Italy in 2015 in furniture, lighting, porcelain and ceramic items and jewelry, up 6.6% over the previous year. In particular, increased exports of furniture for kitchens (+ 10%), home decor, furniture parts and chairs (+ 9%) and jewelery (+ 8%). The three major Italian partners are France (13%), Switzerland (9.3%), Germany (9.2%). The emerging are Mexico (+ 46.3%), China (+ 35%) and Saudi Arabia (+ 22.3%). But among the top 20 destinations also appear: the US, Canada, Japan and Australia. And if France is the main partner for almost all products, office equipment go also to Saudi Arabia, the kitchens to the US and Russia, the mattresses to Germany and Poland, the domestic furniture to the United States; armchairs, sofas and furniture parts to the UK, the equipment for lighting, porcelain and glass products, chairs and outdoor furniture in Germany, jewelery and precious stones in Switzerland, Emirates and Hong Kong. This is taken from calculations of the Milan Chamber of Commerce on ISTAT data and business register. Among the first in the Italian design business: Monza and Brianza (6.4%), Milan (5.1%) and Treviso (4.6%) in manufacturing; Rome (8.9%), Naples (8.6%), Milan (5.3%) in trade; Milan (9.8%), Turin (6.9%), Rome (5.2%) in design engineering.