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Overview Italy

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Milan Stock Exchange
Rank 8th (nominal) / 10th (PPP)
Currency Euro (EUR), except in Campione d'Italia(CHF)
Fiscal year calendar year
Trade organisations EU, WTO (via EU membership) andOECD
Statistics
GDP $2.198 trillion (2011)[1] (nominal; 8th)
$1.846 trillion (2011)[1] (PPP; 10th)
GDP growth -0.8 (2012-First quarter)[2]
GDP per capita $36,267 (2011)[3] (nominal; 21st)
$30,464 (2011)[4] (PPP; 27th)
GDP by sector agriculture: 1.8%; industry: 24.9%; services: 73.3% (2010 est.)[5]
Inflation (CPI) 1.4% (2010 est.)
Gini coefficient 36 (2009)[6]
Labour force 25.05 million (2010 est.)[5]
Labour force
by occupation 		services (65.1%), industry (30.7%), agriculture (4.2%) (2005)[5]
Unemployment 10.7% (July 2012)[7]
Average gross salary 2,029 € / 2,638 $, monthly (2011)[8]
Average net salary 1,584 € / 2,060 $, monthly (2011)[8]
Main industries tourism, communications, machinery,steel, chemicals, pharmaceuticals,food processing, textiles, motor vehicles, home appliances, clothing,fashion
Ease of Doing Business Rank 87th[9]
External
Exports $458.4 billion (2010 est.)
Export goods engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals, and nonferrous metals
Main export partners Germany 12.6%, France 11.57%,United States 5.92%, Spain 5.69%,United Kingdom 5.13%, Switzerland4.69% (2009)
Imports $459.7 billion (2010 est.)
Import goods engineering products, chemicals, transport equipment, energy products, minerals and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing; food, beverages, and tobacco
Main import partners Germany 16.68%, France 8.82%,China 6.53%, Netherlands 5.63%,Spain 4.3%, Russia 4.12%, Belgium4.08% (2009)
FDI stock $405.1 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
Gross external debt $2.223 trillion (30 June 2010 est.)
Public finances
Public debt 120.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
Revenues $1.025 trillion (2011 est.)
Expenses $1.112 trillion (2011 est.)
Economic aid donor: $2.48 billion, 0.15% of GDP(2004)[10]
Foreign reserves US$165.796 billion (March 2011)[13]
Main data source: CIA World Fact Book
All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars

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