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Italy & The E.U.
Doing Business in ItalyThe Italian market offers countless opportunities to businesses in expansion, with almost 60 million consumers. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean, Italy is at a crucial crossroads for land, sea and air routes linking the North and South of Europe. Thanks to its strategic placement, Italy makes it easy to reach the 396 million consumers from the other European Union member countries and the 240 million consumers from North Africa and the Middle East. It has also taken a leading position on the European market (11%), with an annual turnover of approximately 65 billion euros. Italy is ranked sixth among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries and fourth among European countries for Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Italian production constitutes more than 13% of the European Union¡¯s GDP. As a result of the nature of its productive system, Italy¡¯s division into sectors of economic activity is similar to that of the principal European countries, with 27.7% devoted to manufacturing and construction and almost 70% to services. Of this latter sector, trade, transport and communications absorb an above average portion of GDP as compared with other European countries. Of all European countries, Italy has the lowest start-up costs for the biotechnology sector and takes second place for product testing in research and development, chemicals and electronics. |
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