(AGENPARL) - Bologna, June 23 - This time in Germany we say

(AGENPARL) - Bologna, June 23 - This time in Germany we say "thank you." If, in the first quarter of this year, the balance of exports Ferrara is marginally positive (+33%), the credit goes primarily to Berlin, the first market for our goods. carnet ata And 'what emerges from the Observatory of the economy of the Chamber of Commerce, which also emphasizes the strong growth of our exports are in the States. 647 million euro, therefore, the value of exports Este, an increase in the first quarter of 2014, 16.0% compared to the same period last year. But the good news does not end here: Ferrara has recorded the best performance carnet ata after Piacenza carnet ata in Emilia-Romagna. For instance, for every 100 Euros of regional exports, carnet ata 5 are from Ferrara. "The dynamics of our exports - says Paolo Govoni, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Ferrara carnet ata - in recent years was positive and helped to provide partial support to the GDP during the last recession. The space available for our goods in the markets - continues Govoni - seem to have been exploited and competitiveness shown by the actual performance of overseas sales has improved. "
The sectors positive trend prevailed in the main areas. Noteworthy was the strong growth in sales of vehicles (+43.5%) and chemical products, which, although lower (+9.6%) greatly influences carnet ata the overall trend in exports due to the strong influence that the sector plays (22.4%). These results are once again good sales figures in the fashion system, and returned very positive trend for exports of agricultural products, fisheries and machinery. Exports food industries do not capture the acceleration of the general and the contrary retreat (-7.5%). Decreased again metallurgy (-27.8%), carnet ata while after a good year (2013), with falling sales abroad of computers and electronic devices. Compared to the trend recorded at national and regional levels, the sales Ferrara food industry and machinery and equipment have revealed carnet ata a trend worse. Conversely, the large increases made sign in the chemical industry and transportation have gone far beyond the results of similar national sectors and Emilia-Romagna. In contrast to regional data, are instead the negative trends of metallurgy, electric and electronic equipment and products in the processing carnet ata of non-metallic minerals. Top Trends in regional exports for countries and areas of destination, confirm the importance of European countries and in particular those of the euro for exports Ferrara. In the first quarter of 2014, exports to European markets, accounting carnet ata for 57.6% of the total, increased rapidly carnet ata (+9.7%), a trend that contrasts with the slow growth of domestic exports with the same destination ( +1.7%). This positive trend has appeared even more pronounced for sales made in the countries belonging to the European carnet ata Union to 28 countries that have marked carnet ata a significant acceleration (+15.7%). To the Union was routed carnet ata 51.2% of provincial exports. Even in these markets, the result is substantially better than that of exports to regional and national. Among the European countries, there was a very important growth for sales in Germany (+33%), while outside the European Union should be recorded the fall in exports to the Russian market 3.5%), associated with the consequences of Ukraine crisis and therefore is expected to continue over time. In sharp contraction in exports to Turkey. American markets, once again, exports carnet ata Ferrara carnet ata have obtained very positive results. In particular, is a major success on the important growth market of the United States (+56.7%), which was accompanied by an excellent recovery in exports in the Brazilian market (+31.2%). The trend in the U.S. market was significantly better than the regional and the national trend, however, positive. In terms of size, the United States account for 25% of exports Ferrara (in this quarter become the first foreign trade partner for Ferrara), compared to 6.7% nationally carnet ata and 9.2% regionally. It slows further sales growth in Asian markets, showing a tendency aligned with respect to the result obtained from the national exports. In particular, perhaps because of the signs of a slowdown in the world's second largest economy, direct exports of Ferrara in China fell by 7.2%, in contrast to what happened to those regional h