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E CONOMIA
l Un’immagine della
City di Londra, centro
finanziario di primaria
importanza a livello
mondiale.
l A view of the City
of London, a world
primary financial
district.
L’interscambio con l’Italia
Per quanto riguarda il commercio estero, il Regno Unito importa
ogni anno circa 57 miliardi di euro di beni e servizi,
tra cui i principali sono macchinari ed equipaggiamento da
trasporto (35%), prodotti manifatturieri (26%), minerali fossili
(13,5%) e prodotti chimici (11%). Le esportazioni del
Regno Unito rappresentano, invece, 54 miliardi di euro e
sono principalmente costituite da macchinari, accessori
per veicoli, prodotti manifatturieri, prodotti chimici e minerali
fossili. I principali paesi fornitori sono Stati Uniti, Cina,
Germania, Francia e Olanda.
Il saldo commerciale dell’interscambio con l’Italia prevede
The world’s fifth largest economy
Let’ try instead try to understand which are the
data and especially the balances that will most
likely need to be protected during the course of
future negotiations from both the European and
the British perspective.
First, the United Kingdom is the world’s fifth
largest economy with a population of about
64.5 million inhabitants, an Italian community
of 330,000 people and a capital, London,
home to about 9.7 million people. Within the
European economic framework, the United
Kingdom is the third largest economy after
Germany and France, with a GDP growth of
2.2% compared to 2015.
The agriculture weighs 0.7% of gross domestic
product while the secondary sector, with
industries working especially in the production
of machine tools, equipment for processing
and shipping industry, aviation and rail roads,
occupies about 20.5% of GDP. 78.9% of
gross domestic product is represented by the
tertiary sector.
Trade exchange with Italy
As for foreign trade, the UK imports about
€57 billion of goods and services every
year. Among these, the most important are
machinery and transport equipment (35%),
manufactured goods (26%), fossil minerals
(13.5%) and chemical products (11%). On
the other hand, the UK exports represent
€54 billion and are essentially machinery,
accessories for vehicles, manufactured goods,
chemicals and fossil minerals. The main
trading partners as suppliers are the US,
China, Germany, France and the Netherlands.
As for trade exchange with Italy, the balance
is made of €1.5 billion of import in vehicles,
€1 billion products in the apparel industry,
€1 billion in non-domestic use machines and
about €950 million in pharmaceuticals and
medicines.
A very competitive tax treatment
Private Limited Company is the most widely
used form of incorporation in the UK, while the
tax treatment is among the most competitive
in Europe and provides a 20% tax for business
activities, as for annual profits of less than or
equal to £300,000. Whereas, as for amounts
over £300,000 a 21% tax rate is applied.
The attraction of foreign direct investment in
the country, supported by the activity of the UK
Trade and Investment services (UKTI), was able
to attract a record number of 1,988 projects
in the course of last year. According to up-todate
evaluations, foreign direct investments in
the country may have exceeded £1,000 billion
in 2014, helping to create about 85,000 jobs.
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