Despite the slowdown in international demand, exports still represent more than half of the turnover of district businesses. In 2012, 52% of revenues were earned abroad. And for 2013, 37,4% of companies belonging to district supply chains expect an increasing trend in exports. This is the data provided by the IV report on Italian districts, the result of the joint work of Unioncamere, the Federation of Italian districts, Intesa Sanpaolo, Banca d'Italia, Censis, Cna, Confartigianato, Confindustria, the Edison Foundation, the Symbola Foundation and Istat.
However, the stability of exports is accompanied by domestic demand still in strong contraction, which leads to an estimated drop in total turnover at the end of 2012 equal to -2,8%, only partially balanced by the weak recovery expected in 2013 (+1,1 ,XNUMX%). However, the picture outlined by highlights the risks of a dangerous short-circuit of the district model, since the growth of exports and the intensification of internationalization processes seem to still produce limited repercussions both on the territory and on the belonging supply chains.
