Milano Unica heat engines

It'll be on stage 7 to 9 February, Fieramilanocity, the fourteenth edition of the Italian Textile Fair. Presented yesterday by the President of Milano Unica, Silvio Albini, the festival will be an opportunity to present their collections of Italian and European fabrics for spring / summer 2013.Despite

the slowdown in the sector in the second half of 2011 and the alarming trend of the uncertainties of 2012, the exhibition, the organizers have stressed in a statement, "sees the substantial confirmation of the number of exhibitors, 440 of which 76 from other European countries, compared frbbraio edition of 2011. "

"This," said Albini, "a good sign of confidence, the desire to continue to invest and bet on the future by the Italian and European entrepreneurs in a sector that remains the core of success that clothing falls in mid-and high-luxury. The hope is that a growing number of European entrepreneurs, and especially Italian ones, including more and more the value and importance of an event of great quality made in Milan, the undisputed capital of fashion. There are, in this regard, encouraging signs as the return of a significant number of exhibitors Prato and the debate has started in this important textile district around ways to participate in Milano Unica ".

According to preliminary estimates

Fashion System Italy, the turnover of weaving in 2011 should store an average annual growth of +10.2%, for a value of 8.4 billion, with exports at +7.3 %, with a value of 4.5 billion euros, while imports grew by +12.8%, with a positive trade surplus of around 2.4 billion euros. Focusing the analysis on trade with foreign countries that have affected the knitted fabrics and woven prevalence of natural fiber, Smi finds that from January to October 2011, sales showed a recovery rate of 9.6% over the same period of 2010. In parallel, the import has posted a growth of +18.1%, with non-EU supplies that have covered almost 70% of imports of textiles in Italy.

Among the destinations, the most dynamic areas were non-EU (+12.3%), arrived to absorb 48.5% of total exports of the sector (thus gaining 1.2 percentage points compared to the first ten months of 2010). The intra-EU exports grew, instead of +7.2%.

First outlet of Italian fabrics has confirmed the German market can absorb the 11, 6% of total exports of the product categories in question: the first ten months of 2011 Germany, after the rapid recovery experienced during of 2010, showed an increase of +8.2% (while slightly flexing the quantities). Even France, the third export market, has marked a growth of +9.4%, a positive trend has continued to affect Romania (+26.3%).

Tunisia, the second export market, showed, however, a drop in sales of fabric from Italy: value, registered a -2.3% to -15.7% of the amount. And 'resulted in negative area even Spain, which has seen a significant decrease in the reporting period (-27.2% in value, amounts to -34.7%). Among the top ten, has confirmed the presence of Turkey and the United States, grew respectively +17.4% and +7.6%.

Returning to the fair, finally, the most important event of the next edition, dedicated to the exhibitors and their customers, will be held once again at the Teatro alla Scala's ballet "Excelsior". The evening of 8 February will, in fact, entirely dedicated to Milano Unica. At the fair, at 18.30 on 7 Li Edelkoort, independent consultant will track trends and scenarios on consumption trends in the near future.

"My hope," said Silvio Albini, president of Milano Unica, "and all those who are working with great commitment to the success of the fourteenth edition of Milano Unica is to reconfirm the presence of the February edition , which were more than 21 thousand with about one quarter represented by international buyers. "

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