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This article was published on 21 August 2014 at 19:19.
In 2013, exports of Sicily experienced a major setback, with a value of just over € 11 billion, representing a decrease of 14.8 % over the previous year. The data for the first quarter of 2014 confirm the downward trend, with a decrease of 16.1% in exports and 14.6% of imports compared to the same quarter last year.
According to the 28th Report annual foreign trade of ICE, which released the data, however, 2013 saw the second highest of the decade, after the one in 2012, after three consecutive years of strong growth after the crisis of 2009 The incidence of ‘ Sicilian export of total Italian exports fell by 0.5 points, reaching about 2.9%.
As for the main export markets, exports Sicilian was down in nine of the ten most important countries in the region, while it grew by 15.6% in Libya,
share of € 786 million. Positive changes were recorded for East Asia (+ 9%) and other African countries (37.4%), while the trend was negative in Europe (-21.7% in the European Union and -2 in other countries non-EU), North Africa (-41.8) and America (-42.7% in the United States.
The analysis by sector reveals a polarization between sectors in improvement – such as chemicals and chemical products ( + 7.5%), products of agriculture, forestry and fishing (7.1%) and computer, electronic and optical products (12.9%) – and other negatives, including the sector of hydrocarbons and refined petroleum who took a share of 7.6 billion euro, losing 22% compared to 2012 and back around the level of 2011 This figure was affected by the suspension of the activities of the Gela refinery.
reference to the exchange of services, in 2013, Sicily has the second largest exporting region of southern Italy with an increase in foreign sales
20.5% over the previous year. The data for the first quarter of 2014 with regard to exports, confirm the growth of agricultural, fisheries and forestry
(+ 2.7%), which was accompanied by the relative increase to food (+12 , 6%). Are found to decrease in net sales of coke and products resulting from the refining of
oil, fell by 17.9% to 1.566 billion euro, and those of chemicals and chemical products (-26.2%).
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