Sace Report: from the Emirates to Vietnam, here are the routes on which it is worth exporting

From the Emirates to Vietnam, from Singapore to Brazil, passing through Mexico, Colombia and Turkey. These are some of the 14 most promising countries for Made in Italy foreign sales according to the snapshot taken by the new Doing Export Report 2024 by Sace, which was presented today, Tuesday 25 June, in Milan and which delves into the growth potential for Italian exports and the new routes on which companies must focus. These routes, according to the analysis carried out by the company headed by Alessandra Ricci, pass through the so-called Gate countries (an acronym that stands for growing, ambitious, transforming and emerging, i.e., growing, ambitious, transforming and emerging) which, on their own, last year collected Euro 80 billion of Italian goods, destined to become Euro 95 billion by 2027. A not insignificant part, therefore, of Italian exports, which will exceed 650 billion in 2024 and reach 679 billion next year.

"Italian companies find themselves crossing the threshold of a new era, where, in order to be competitive, they must rethink and invest, focusing on agile and sustainable organisational models and looking to the future," explained the CEO of Sace, Alessandra Ricci. "And for all this, Sace is there, together with companies with solutions, people and offices, in Italy and around the world. Sace's Doing Export Report is a practical guide to evolving, monitoring and intercepting opportunities for Italian exports in a complex international context, but one with high potential for Made in Italy".

"Good news for exports: we are growing again. Italy is confirmed as one of the top exporters in the world: 679 billion in 2025 and 4% growth in the next two years. And the opportunities come from the Gate markets where Sace is present and which today are worth Euro 80 billion and could be worth Euro 95 billion by 2027: Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Turkey, Serbia, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, India, China, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam," pointed out Alessandro Terzulli, chief economist of Sace. "The future is not tomorrow, it is today, and companies can develop their potential by exploiting artificial intelligence and new technologies in the sectors of the future such as instrumental mechanics applied to efficiency, circularity applied to production cycles, and low carbon technologies, which are worth 40 billion today and could be worth 50 billion by 2025.

Going back to the Report, then, it emerges that green Made in Italy will reach 50 billion in foreign sales by 2025. Italy is among the leaders in the export of low emission technologies (Lct), which is expected to grow by 11.1% in 2024 and 13.7% in 2025. The reason for such a great leap forward is linked, explains the Sace snapshot, to the role that green technologies play and will play within the environmental transition now underway globally.

The same growth trend will also concern digital technologies and artificial intelligence. And here, Sace emphasises, the most interesting aspect is to be found in the boost that this provides to businesses. Basically, those who invest in digitisation and adopt digitised production processes enjoy measurable and lasting productivity advantages. An advantage that can be measured by numbers, as certified by one of the recent surveys conducted by the Centro Studi Tagliacarne-Unioncamere, according to which there is an effect of 4.0 technologies on economic performanceBusinesses that have adopted 4.0 technologies in 2025 will have better production and export performance than those that have not adopted 4.0 (33% vs. 25% of businesses in the first case and 27% vs. 24% in the second case).