Liguria, exports grew by 10% and reached 9.4 billion in 2025

The total value of Ligurian exports in 2025 has grown: it has reached 9.4 billion euro, marking +10% on 2024. The figure emerges, along with many others, from a survey on exports carried out by Cribis (a company of the Crif group) for Confindustria Imperia, which is flanked by a sample survey of the association, on 19 companies in the luxury segment, representative of Western Liguria.

The Cribis report shows that in Liguria, out of 139,089 companies, there are 1,816 that export (of which 388 with an export value of more than 50% of their turnover), distributed as follows: 1,082 in the province of Genoa, 263 in Imperia, 258 in Savona and 213 in La Spezia. In addition, the main countries to which Ligurian exports are directed are the USA, France, Germany, Indonesia, Spain and the United Kingdom (re-elaboration of ISTAT data).

With regard to England in particular, Roberto Costa, President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in London, who attended the presentation of the study, points out that 'in the first eight months of 2026, Italia exported more than 20 billion Euros to the UK, +2.4%, compared to the same period in 2025. We remain within the top ten suppliers of the British market, despite Brexit, and this is a fact that makes us understand the strength of Made in Italy. I firmly believe in exporting value, without wanting to engage in a 'price war'; we, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the UK, have started a path of closeness with Confindustria and its associates, starting from the Province of Imperia, because we believe that the Region of Liguria expresses great excellence to be exported to the United Kingdom".

In the province of Imperia, of the 263 exporting companies (out of a total of 22,101 companies), 77% show a total export value of more than 50% of their turnover. 70% of exporting companies are independent, 30% belong to a group and only 1% have a foreign parent company. The Confindustria Imperia survey, conducted, as mentioned, on 19 luxury sector companies - different in size and activity, with a total turnover of more than 200 million euros and an employment flywheel of 1,000 employees - shows a strong presence of consolidated companies in the territory: 84% of the sample has been operating for more than 10 years in the province and shows "a solid structure, characterised by experience and local roots".

The target clientele, the sample survey continues, "is 52% international, mainly aimed at the business type (44%) and an average age bracket between 40 and 60 (63%). On the whole, a strongly export-oriented sector emerges, focused on mature markets (USA, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Northern Europe) and proximity markets (Côte d'Azur), but also attentive to the opportunities it can seize in emerging markets (India, South-East Asia and the Middle East). The top four countries to which the sample's exports are directed are France, the USA, Europe and the UK'.