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Who buys Italy’s cargo and passenger ships? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Italy exported $2.1 billion of cargo and passenger ships (270 thousand tonnes), 2.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were Switzerland (48%), the United Kingdom (33%) and the United States (11%). Italy was the world’s 6th-largest exporter of cargo and passenger ships.

Summary

Value
$2.1billion
Tonnes
270thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.4%
World rank
6th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Switzerland987Tonnes: 88,131USD per tonne: $11,19947.6%Land
United Kingdom682Tonnes: 49,528USD per tonne: $13,77932.9%Sea
United States223Tonnes: 41,383USD per tonne: $5,39710.8%Sea
China39.8Tonnes: 17,537USD per tonne: $2,2671.9%Sea
Turkey33.4Tonnes: 20,110USD per tonne: $1,6611.6%Sea
Marshall Islands30.3Tonnes: 17,356USD per tonne: $1,7451.5%Sea
Panama15.2Tonnes: 6,655USD per tonne: $2,2900.73%Sea
Liberia13Tonnes: 4,801USD per tonne: $2,7090.63%Sea
Croatia10.7Tonnes: 289USD per tonne: $36,9960.52%Sea
Cyprus9.4Tonnes: 8,531USD per tonne: $1,1000.45%Sea
Indonesia9Tonnes: 4,975USD per tonne: $1,8090.43%Sea
India5.9Tonnes: 300USD per tonne: $19,5870.28%Sea
Spain5.4Tonnes: 9,038USD per tonne: $6000.26%Sea
Trinidad and Tobago4.7Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $1,797,3900.23%Air
Germany2.7Tonnes: 36USD per tonne: $74,3990.13%Air
South Korea0.62Tonnes: 11USD per tonne: $56,4770.03%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.44Tonnes: 175USD per tonne: $2,5130.02%Sea
Greece0.26Tonnes: 776USD per tonne: $3320.01%Sea
France0.16Tonnes: 24USD per tonne: $6,5360.01%Land
Saudi Arabia0.05Tonnes: 4USD per tonne: $15,5570%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Switzerland has been its main destination since 2022

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Switzerland 0.99
  • United Kingdom 0.68
  • United States 0.22
  • China 0.04
  • Turkey 0.03

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Switzerland00.99
United Kingdom00.68
United States00.22
China< 0.010.04
Turkey< 0.010.03

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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