(Finance) – “I thank the Vucic president and the Minister Tajani who wanted to maintain the commitment to open this Business Forum which is making important numbers. In fact, there are over 500 Italian and Serbian companies and we already have 300 meetings of qualified business matches booked and others are adding. This demonstrates the great opportunity for commercial relations development Between our two countries and the great interest that companies and operators have towards the contribution that Made in Italy can give to the process of further development of Serbia. The presence in this territory of almost 1300 companies with Italian capital is a testimony. ” President of Ice, Matteo Zoppas, intervened at Third Business Forum between Italy and Serbia.
“Serbia is valid in the first eleven months of 2024, 2.5 billion exports, with a growth of over 16% compared to the same period of 2023 (which had already grown by +6% compared to 2022). Ice is part of that country system, together with SACE, SIMEST and CDP, which constitutes the infrastructure for the growth and development of exports on which the government is aiming a lot and which represents a quarter of the GDP. ICE does it above all by bringing together supply and demand, SACE and SIMEST do it by offering financial support and guaranteeing certainties in payments, the SMEs who want to start or expand their internationalization path. To this teamwork is added the network of representation of diplomacy and that of trade associations, such as Confindustria, Confapi and Confartigianato together with all the other category representatives and the system of financial institutions.
The theme of technology It emerged as a central point for the future development of economic relations between Italy and Serbia. Serbia is showing a growing interest in the adoption of Italian technologies, crucial for competitiveness and entry into the European Union. Italy can be a reference partner to ensure that production standards in key sectors such as those of the energy and digital transition, automation, agritech can quickly reach the required levels.
A virtuous example of how the Creation of good commercial relations both a boost for the economy It is that of the Wine Vision Fair which, thanks also to Ice’s work, led Italy to be the main EU wine provider for Serbia, with above all qualitative growth of Italian imports that went from 12.5% At 25% of the market “, Zoppas concludes.