At least according to this report “It’s the picture presented yesterday to the Ministry of Business, with the report illustrated by the Edison Foundation on the state of companies in the area” (and let’s hope Trump doesn’t find out =D)
The trade balance of the “new” Made in Italy is in first place in the world. A surplus of 62 billion euros which, in 2024, it has placed our country in first place, trailing Germany by 20.3 billion and France by 23.7 billion. Three sectors are the driving force: pharmaceutical, food (from wines to pasta) and nautical.
The analysis takes into account three aggregations created by Edison Foundation, each of these composed of fifteen product categories. The first is that of “traditional” goods, such as clothing. The trade balance was the second in the world in 2024, far behind China
Italy has increased it by 5 billion since 2014 but, considering the boom of an emerging country like Vietnam (+17.5 billion in the decade), it is likely that he will lose his second place in the world. Also because the figure for the first nine months of 2025 was lower by around one billion. Among these products, however, Italy obtained the highest surplus with bags, suitcases, beauty cases and document holders: exports were 10.4 billion, while imports were 3.8 billion.
Then there is the category labeled “Mec”dedicated to mechanical products. The largest export came from “tap objects”, but also boilers, tanks or tubs, with a value of 9.3 billion. The highest surplus, 6.7 billion, came from machines for packaging goods. In total, the trade balance of the sector closed in positive by 44.7 billion, placing our country in third place, behind the usual China (107.1 billion) and Germany (56.1 billion)
Finally, there is the “new Made in Italy“, as defined by the same report, driven by pharmaceuticals (which reached an export of over 69 billion in 2025), food and nautical. From the comparison with other countries it emerges that Italy, in 2024, occupied first place in the world for surplus in the trade of pasta, yachts and prepared or preserved tomatoes.
Second place, however, for wines and sparkling wines, glasses and cheeses and dairy products. It is in the new Made in Italy that there has been a boom, thanks above all to pharmaceuticals, reaching 60.8 billion in surplus in the first nine months of last year (it had been 62 billion in all of 2024).
https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/dai-farmaci-vini-nuovo-made-italy-vanta-surplus-oltre-60-miliardi-AID0L1JC
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> con il report illustrato dalla Fondazione Edison
Ah, ma è Fortis. Chissà stavolta che calcoli ha fatto per far risultare l’Italia davanti addirittura alla Cina nel surplus mondiale…
Per chiarire, l’italia non è prima al momento per surplus commerciale. Lo è solo limitando l’analisi agli specifici settori. La germania, nel 2024, aveva un surplus commerciale di 240 miliardi.
di solito chi esagera a fare il mercantilista viene rimesso al suo posto, in un modo o nell’altro
Aah che bello manipolare i dati in modo da dire “siamo primi!” Ma solo su determinate nicchie di mercato, per lo più accrocchiate come ci conviene… e vabbe teniamoci le fettazze di prosciutto davanti agli occhi perché ci piace sentire il profumo, ma sono gli altri a mangiare.
>ha occupato il primo posto mondiale per surplus nel commercio di paste alimentari, di yacht e di pomodori preparati o conservati.
*un paese di paste, pomodori e navigatori*
Si, come no… Un report che nega l’evidenza di quello che vediamo tutti i giorni e che vuol mettere a tacere quello che le imprese italiane continuano a lamentare a gra voce.
Siamo sicuri che questo report non lo abbia scritto il gatto della Meloni?