(Finance) – In 2022, the value of exports from the food supply chain components For motor vehicles continues to grow (+7.1%) after the double-digit increase in 2021 (+15.4%) and amounts to 23.49 billion euros (positive change also for Italian exports of all goods which closed the year at +19.9%). This is reported by an analysis published by Anfia, the Italian association of the automotive supply chain. In the same period, there was also an increase in imports of components (+14.3%) for a value of 18.27 billion eurosthus bringing the balance commercial to once again confirm a positive balance of 5.21 billion, with a surplus of 1.19 billion euros in the first quarter, 1.46 billion in the second, 1.03 billion in the third and 1.53 billion in the fourth.
The export of automotive components had a more contained growth in the first part of 2022 (+1.9% in the first quarter and +4.7% in the second), and then recorded more significant increases in the second (+7.7% % the third quarter and +14.5% the fourth). At market level in 2022 exports to i Villages EU weighs 64.6% (compared to 63.5% in 2021) and the first destination country continues to be Germany, with a share of 21.2% of the total exported. There China goes from fourth to second import market (1.77 billion euros compared to 1.31 billion in 2021, equal to 9.7% of the total imported) and confirms itself as the first Asian export destination market, followed by Japanalbeit with a decline of 14.8%, second only to the decline towards Russia (-53.4%).
“In 2022, exports of Italian components continue the growth trend started in 2021, accelerating especially in the second part of the year – he states Marco Star, president of the Anfia Components Group –. Despite the signs of recovery, the price increases of power And gasthe continuation of the crisis of matter first and only partial easing of that of semiconductorstogether with other factors of instability related to Russia-Ukraine conflict, have continued to weigh on the Italian production chain, which has not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels. Regarding the current year, it must be said that the current slowdown of the German economy – given the importance of Germany for Italian components – could cool down the expected data for 2023 exports a bit”.
About the transition energyAnfia considers a plan to be “fundamental”. politics industrial to 2030 for the sector. The association is collaborating with the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy to define its contents together with a threshold value of vehicles produced appropriate to the size of the supply chain.