(WIPO code: IT) (latest review January 2019)
by JACOBACCI & PARTNERS, Patent Agents – Torino, Milano, Roma, Padova, Bergamo, Brescia
Italy
General Information
Area
302,073 sq. km.
Population
62,246,674 (estimated July 2018).
Capital
Rome, with about 4 million inhabitants.
Language
Italian.
Currency
Euro (EUR).
Imports
(2015): 368,715 million euros.
Exports
(2015): 413,881 million euros.
Principal imports
(2015) (in million euros): vehicles: 39,073; oil products: 7,328; chemical products: 57,215; iron and laminated steel: 34,600; precision mechanical products: 23,580; plastics: 9,402; meat: 5,968.
Principal exports
(2015) (in million euros): vehicles: 45,137; electrical machines: 35,355; plastic articles: 10,939; textiles and clothing articles: 28,915; footwear and leather: 19,109; jewels: 6,542.
Most important agricultural and industrial products
Wheat, maize, rye, barley, oats, rice, fruit, chestnuts, dried fruit, vegetables, olive oil, flowers, eggs, cheese, wine, spirits, macaroni, tomato sauce, hemp, silk, artificial fibers, stockings, felt and straw hats, alabaster, marble, quicksilver, aluminium, natural gas, methane gas, iron, manganese, lead, zinc, tin, magnesium, sulphur, iodine, kaolin, motorcycles, bicycles, motorcars, load carrying vehicles and other land vehicles, ships, aircraft, agricultural machines, typewriters and calculating machines, data processing apparatuses and systems, telecommunication systems, cement, glass, sulphuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, citric acid, sodium borate, dyes, rubber articles, buttons, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, biomedical products.
General Remarks
Italy has rapidly changed from a pre-eminently agricultural country to an industrialized one. Of the entire area, 92% is productive, the remaining 8% being the unproductive regions, mainly in the higher mountains.
The production of machines is steadily growing. Particular attention is being paid to attaining higher productivity in industry.