(WIPO code: IT) (last revised January 2024)
by JACOBACCI & PARTNERS, Patent Agents – Torino, Milano, Roma, Padova, Bergamo, Brescia
Italy
General Information
Area
302,073 sq. km.
Population
58.8 million (estimated January 2023).
Capital
Rome (city), with about 2.873 million inhabitants.
Language
Italian.
Currency
Euro (EUR).
Imports
(2021): 423 billion euros.
Exports
(2021): 448 billion euros.
Principal imports
(2021) (in million U.S. dollars): crude petroleum ($35.1B), cars ($29.8B), packaged medicaments ($17.4B), petroleum gas ($15.8B), refined petroleum ($9.11B), broadcasting equipment ($8.06B), gold ($5.08B).
Principal exports
(2021) (in million U.S. dollars): packaged medicaments ($25B), cars ($15.4B), vehicle parts ($14.3B), refined petroleum ($13.9B), valves ($8.21B), leather footwear ($7.7) jewelry ($7.32B), wine ($7.25B).
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.