Assocamerestero has introduced the 2025 Calendar for Made in Italy Abroad, a strategic roadmap identifying key sectors where Italian exports can achieve substantial growth over the upcoming year.
The initiative is based on a survey conducted among Italian Chambers of Commerce abroad, representing G20 countries known for their dynamic and promising markets. The aim is to expand the initiative to a significantly larger number of markets next year.
Despite geopolitical and economic uncertainties, Italian exports reached record levels in 2024, surpassing €650 billion, marking a 3.7% increase over the previous year. For 2025, Italy aims for an ambitious €700 billion, representing more than one-third of the national GDP. This target is underpinned by projected growth exceeding 7% next year and an average annual growth rate of 4.2% over the subsequent two years.
The sectors highlighted—ranging from food and beverage to high-tech, design and fashion, energy, pharmaceuticals, and aerospace—reflect growing international demand for Italian quality, innovation, and expertise.
This success is largely supported by the efforts of 86 Italian Chambers of Commerce abroad, which offer strategic and operational assistance to businesses navigating technical, regulatory, and bureaucratic complexities in foreign markets.
Exports at nominal level rose again in 2024, but by 2025 we can aim for 700 billion with the possible recovery of international trade volumes as well. Seven hundred billion is equivalent to more than one third of GDP. This is why it is more opportune than ever to plan targeted investments at an international level, through a medium-term strategy that can also make use of the knowledge of the markets that the representatives of the 86 Chambers of Commerce can offer ‘from entrepreneur to entrepreneur,’ – points out Mario Pozza, president of Assocamerestero
The picture offered by the CCIEs, who contributed to the Calendar, is very positive and clearly shows how in a historical moment like this there are always unprecedented opportunities for Made in Italy.
Profound changes are underway,- he continues, – with new markets opening up, previously considered impenetrable. Africa, spurred by the Mattei Plan, and countries like Mexico, other Latin American nations, and the resurgent Asian Tigers present vast potential. Meanwhile, giants like China and India continue to offer enormous opportunities, alongside our established partners in Europe and North America. In this transitional phase, investing in the future requires keen observation of current trends and on-the-ground dynamics. We hope the 2025 Calendar for Made in Italy Abroad will serve as a valuable resource for identifying high-potential countries and sectors for Italian exports and investments.
