Speciale EMO 2019

37 Speciale giore mercato di sbocco davanti a USA, Cina, Polonia e Francia. Sono state im- portate macchine per un valore di circa 321 miliardi di euro, con un incremento del 4%. Sono stati importati centri di la- voro, tecnologia laser, presse e piegatri- ci, curvatrici e raddrizzatrici. Focus sulla Germania La Germania, Paese che rappresenta il sultati ultimamente in calo. Il commer- cio bilaterale tra Italia e Germania non è però a senso unico: nel 2018 la Germania ha assorbito oltre un decimo delle espor- tazioni italiane divenendone così il mag- from Italy have been falling recently. Bi- lateral trade between Italy and Germany works in two directions: in 2018 Germa- ny accounted for over one tenth of Italian exports, making it the country’s largest foreign market ahead of the USA, China, Poland and France. Imports of machinery totalled approximately 321 billion euros, an increase of 4%. Machining centres, laser technology, presses and folding, curving or straightening equipment were the products imported. Focus on Germany Germany, which is Europe’s biggest machine tools market, is now seeing a slowdown, following a period of eco- nomic boom: in 2019 German machine tools should grow by a further 1%. As for investments made by the world’s nine leading user sectors, most are in the machinery manufacturing industry, the car industry, the aerospace industry and other transport sectors (principally rail transport and shipbuilding). Produc-