In times of crisis it is good to look beyond one's borders. The strategic consultancy firm Gea and the Edison Foundation are well aware of this, and together they created theGea-Edison Foundation Observatory to analyze the trend in detail of exports to Bric countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), theUkraine and Next 11 (Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, South Korea, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Turkey and Vietnam), countries that have shown the most interesting growth rates for Italian exports in recent years.
The Observatory will address above all small and medium enterprises, the ones most affected by the stagnation of consumption, which need to look at new markets and operate in new scenarios in order to find a positive impulse for their business. “Considering that i emerging countries lead the growth of world GDP“, explained Andrea Carrara Managing Director of GEA, “so much so that in 2016 they will represent over 41% of the global total, these are the key regions for the growth of Italian companies which, thanks to a tool such as the Observatory, will be able to choose where to direct their investments”.
The GEA-Fondazione Edison Observatory is built on the Fortis-Corradini index which measures the number of products in which each country is the first, second or third world exporter and the mapping of production scenarios is updated annually. “The data processed by the Observatory show how in 2010 Italy is in fourth place overall, after China, Germany and the United States, for competitiveness in theworld exports among the G20 countries, with 923 products in which it occupies leading positions”, explained Marco Fortis, Vice President of the Edison Foundation. "Of these, the products in which our country is the first world exporter are 239; 334 are those in which it is in second position and 350 those in which it is in third place. All for a total value equal to 173 billion dollars".
In 2011 the Bric account for 27,8 billion euros of exports for Italy and the Next 11 present a comparable figure of 23,6 billion euros. Since 1999, the growth dynamics of the Bric for Italy has been equal to 4 times (from 6,7 to 27,8 billion euros) and that of the Next 11 to 2,7 times (going from 8,7 to 23,6. XNUMX billion euros). Among the most interesting countries for Italian exports is Turkey to which Italy in 2010 holds 1.535 assets including first, second and third places, for a value of 8,264 billion dollars
"Through the data processed by the GEA-Fondazione Edison Observatory", reads the press release, "for each individual sector and by product type, we can accompany companies on the most promising markets, offering a service tailored to the needs of each individual reality ”.
