Adnkronos Rapallo, May 16 (Adnkronos) – "The numbers of the nautical sector are extremely important for recreational boating. In terms of turnover it exceeds 8 billion and has over 30 thousand employees. We are the world's leading exporters in this field, especially thanks to the production of large yachts". This was stated by Marco Fortis, vice president of the Edison Foundation, on the occasion of the Satec 2025 convention, today in Rapallo, in the province of Genoa.
An event organized by Confindustria Nautica.
Recreational boating “has had the great merit of expanding especially in a difficult period – highlights Fortis – Between 2019 and 2024, exports in the sector grew by 88%, against a growth in Italian exports of just over 20%. We reached 4,3 billion in exports last year, but already in the first two months of the year, with the addition of the first two months of 2025, we reached 4,4 billion in exports. The trade surplus of the nautical sector is enormous – he adds – it has reached 3,8 billion euros with foreign countries and is very important because it has contributed alone, to recreational boating, for about 14% of the growth of this surplus in the last five years. Therefore, a sector to focus on. A part of that new made in Italy that has appeared, in the last twenty years, on the scene of our international specialization”, his words.